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A marvelous view of a profession where the unexpected is the rule. This is real, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always lively. Baron Frans van Daele, chief of staff to the Belgian king and former Belgian ambassador to the United States

This is a wonderful memoir about Foreign Service life abroad and the author s transition from Foreign Service wife to Foreign Service officer. She demonstrates how, by being out and about in the host country, you cansometimes bein the right place at the right time. For example, she shows how, with the wit and language to take advantage of a banal museum opening, it was possible to learn Soviet plans for East Germany from a firsthand source the day after the Wall fell. Phyllis Oakley, first Department of State spokeswoman and an early tandem diplomat

This is a wonderful memoir about Foreign Service life abroad and the author s transition from Foreign Service wife to Foreign Service officer. She demonstrates how, by being out and about in the host country, you cansometimes bein the right place at the right time. For example, she shows how, with the wit and language to take advantage of a banal museum opening, it was possible to learn Soviet plans for East Germany from a firsthand source the day after the Wall fell. Phyllis Oakley, first Department of State spokeswoman and an early tandem diplomat A marvelous view of a profession where the unexpected is the rule. This is real, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always lively. Baron Frans van Daele, chief of staff to the Belgian king and former Belgian ambassador to the United States A unique look into Foreign Service life [and] an exciting and educational read, particularly for anyone interested in a diplomatic career. Foreign Service Journal

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Judith M. Heimann has spent most of her life involved with American diplomacy. She has written widely on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She is the author of The Most Offending Soul Alive and The Airmen and the Headhunters, and coauthor of the award-winning PBS documentary based on the latter.

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