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Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy
- Title
- Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.
- Author
- Heimann, Judith M.
- Publication
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a path across the continents as she mastered the fine points of diplomatic culture. She did so first as a spouse, then as a diplomat herself, thus becoming part of one of the Foreign Service's first tandem couples. Heimann's lively recollections of her life in Africa, Asia, and Europe show us that when it comes to reconciling our government's requirements with the other government's wants, shuttle diplomacy, Skype, and email cannot match on-the-ground interaction. The ability to gauge and finesse gesture, tone of voice, and unspoken assumptions became her stock-in-trade as she navigated, time and again, remarkably delicate situations. This insightful and witty memoir gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a rarely explored experience: that of one of the very first married female diplomats, who played an unsung but significant role in some of the important international events of the past fifty years. To those who know something of today's world of diplomacy, Paying Calls in Shangri-La will be an enlightening tour through the way it used to be--and for aspiring Foreign Service officers and students, it will be an inspiration"--
- Series Statement
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
- Uniform Title
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
- Subjects
- United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
- Women diplomats > United States > Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women
- Heimann, Judith M
- Diplomacy > Social aspects > History > 20th century
- Diplomats' spouses > United States > Biography
- Diplomats > United States > Biography
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Diplomacy
- United States > Foreign Service > Officials and employees > Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Political Apprenticeship in Africa -- Paying Calls -- Party Magic -- Domestic Dramas -- Diplomacy at the Dining Table -- Learning to Drive a Bargain -- Girl Talk -- Swifts in the Eaves -- Among Ex-Headhunters -- A "Tandem" Wife on Trial -- A Moment of Cold War Intrigue -- Getting Out in Public -- Latin Tags -- Heroics in the Hinterland -- Farewell to Africa -- Back in the Heart of Europe -- Being in Charge -- Encores -- Honesty, the Best Policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Our Foreign Service Career.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-12630
- ISBN
- 9780821422328
- 0821422324
- 9780821422335
- 0821422332
- LCCN
- 2016024896
- OCLC
- 948339818
- Author
- Heimann, Judith M., author.
- Title
- Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.
- Publisher
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy seriesADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-12630