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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788068503321

Autore

Herzl Tova

Titolo

Madame ambassador : behind the scenes with a candid Israeli diplomat / / Tova Herzl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

2015

ISBN

1-4422-3538-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

327.56940092

Soggetti

Diplomats - Israel

Women diplomats - Israel

Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli

Israel Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements. Prologue. ; Ch. 1 My Career. ; Ch. 2 Preparations. ; Ch. 3 Language. ; Ch. 4 Terms of Employment. ; Ch. 5 Credentials. ; Ch. 6 Immunity. ; Ch. 7 Neutrality. ; Ch. 8 Diplomacy and Dignity. ; Ch. 9 Name Calling. ; Ch. 10 Informal Connections. ; Ch. 11 Bodyguards. ; Ch. 12 The Diplomatic Corps. ; Ch. 13 Entertaining. ; Ch. 14 Religious Observance. ; Ch. 15 Being Jewish. ; Ch. 16 Holocaust. ; Ch. 17 Christianity. ; Ch. 18 Speech Ch. 19 Meetings Ch. 20 Clothes. ; Ch. 21 Press. ; Ch. 22 Advice. ; Ch. 23 Importance. ; Ch. 24 Phalcon. ; Ch. 25 Visits. ; Ch. 26 Crime and Punishment. ; Ch. 27 Sickness. ; Ch. 28 Passages. ; Ch. 29 Demonstrations. ; Ch. 30 Durban. ; Ch. 31 The Paper Trail. ; Ch. 32 Between Home and Abroad. About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

An intimate description of what being an ambassador is really like. Tova Herzl draws on her twenty-one year career and shares her unique experiences as a single, Jewish orthodox woman serving as Israel's Ambassador to paint a vivid, entertaining picture of the lives and work of contemporary diplomats.