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Safirka : an American envoy
- Title
- Safirka : an American envoy / Peter Bridges.
- Author
- Bridges, Peter, 1932-
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E840.8.B75 A3 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 241 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Peter S. Bridges's service as American ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foreign Service. Safirka, a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offers pointed assessments of American foreign policy and policymakers."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bridges, Peter, 1932-
- 1960-1991
- Ambassadors > United States > Biography
- Ambassadors > Somalia > Biography
- Ambassadors
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Biografie
- Botschafter
- United States > Foreign relations > Somalia
- Somalia > Foreign relations > United States
- Somalia > Politics and government > 1960-1991
- Somalia
- United States
- Somalia
- USA
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-227) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Interesting Possibility -- 2. Scholar, Soldier, Someday Diplomat -- 3. From Foggy Bottom to the Isthmus -- 4. The Moscow Hand -- 5. Rome and Prague -- 6. Long Years at Home -- 7. The Way to Africa -- 8. Big Embassy, Poor Country -- 9. Aid, with Scandals and Defects -- 10. Dams, Drugs, and Dictator -- 11. New Gazas, New Greed -- 12. From Siad to Canal Street -- 13. Anxieties, Artifacts, and Bases -- 14. Disasters and Arcadias -- 15. To the Horn and Home Again -- 16. Departure, Return, Destruction -- 17. What Comes Next?
- ISBN
- 0873386582
- 9780873386586
- LCCN
- 99055501
- OCLC
- ocm42861796
- 42861796
- SCSB-1129967
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library