Abroad for her country : tales of a pioneer woman ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service / / Jean M. Wilkowski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827464603321
• Autore: Wilkowski Jean M. <1919->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-268-09657-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.730092; B
• Soggetti: Ambassadors - United States; Women ambassadors - United States; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book"--P. facing t.p.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Early Years, 1926- 44 -- 2. Trinidad, BWI, 1944-46 (Vice Consul) -- 3. Bogotá, Colombia, 1947-48 (Third Secretary-Economic) -- 4. Milan, Italy, 1949-51 (Vice Consul) -- 5. Paris, France, 1953-56 (Deputy Commercial Attaché) -- 6. Santiago, Chile, 1957-59 (Second Secretary) -- 7. Interim Assignments: GATT Tariff Negotiations, 1960-61 -- Senior Seminar, 1962-63 -- Diplomat in Residence in California, 1976- 77 -- 8. Rome, Italy, 1963-66 (Second Secretary), 1969-72 (Commercial Counselor -- Minister/Counselor for Economic Affairs) -- 9. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1966-69 (Deputy Chief of Mission -- Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) -- 10. Lusaka, Zambia, 1972-76 (U.S. Ambassador, Chief of Mission) -- 11. To State and the United Nations, 1977-80 (Father Ted, China, and Vienna) -- 12. Later Years, 1980- 2000 -- Epilogue -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Jean M. Wilkowski shares the story of her extraordinary career in the U.S. Foreign Service during the last half of the twentieth century.