Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00PG8QXLG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 331 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"No Hill To Climb" according to Christian Schlect. A memoir of a talented career Foreign Service Officer, one with significant mentors, such as Larry Eagleburger and Dick Holbrooke, and hard, but important, postings overseas.Those interested about our country's recent diplomacy in Bosnia, North Korea, and Iraq would do well to read Ambassador Hill's book.As. Wonderful storytelling and thought-provoking memoir of life as a US Ambassador As a former expat, it was a pleasure and joy to read Ambassador Hill's memoir "Outpost". His blend of storytelling and analysis of events in the Balkans, Poland, Iraq, and North Korea struck a chord with me. I alternated between laughing out loud when he talks frankly about Washington bigwigs' antics (who k. C.P.M. said A Diplomat's Life For Me. (Full Disclosure: I had the pleasure of meeting the author a few months ago and got this book signed. I also got the chance, along with some friends, to ask him some questions. Having said that, I am reviewing this book as objectively as possible).Perhaps at no other time since the heydays of McCarthyism in
Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless war in Iraq, this is the real life of an American diplomat. An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who - in a career of service to the country - was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. Hill's account is an adventure story of danger, loss of comrades, high stakes negotiations, and imperfect options. Hill draws upon lessons learned as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon early on in his career and details his prodigious experience as a US ambassador. He was the first American Ambassador to Macedonia; Ambassador to Poland, where he also served in the depth of the cold war; Ambassador to South Korea and chief disarmament negotiator in North Korea; and Hillary Clinton's hand-picked Ambassador to Iraq. Hill wr