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Bush Hat, Black Tie: Adventures of a Foreign Service Officer
by Simpson, Howard R
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 157488154X
- ISBN 13
- 9781574881547
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1999. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 211, illus., index, DJ slightly worn, soiled, and sticker residue. An ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Book. An inside look at life in the U.S. Foreign Service, from the bush hat worn on the battlefields of French Indochina to the black ties sported at the Cannes Film Festival. Firsthand look at life as an American diplomat on assignments in wartime Indochina, Nigeria, France, wartime South Australia, Papua New Guinea, Algeria, and the United States.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51244
- Title
- Bush Hat, Black Tie: Adventures of a Foreign Service Officer
- Author
- Simpson, Howard R
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 157488154X
- ISBN 13
- 9781574881547
- Publisher
- Brassey's
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Charles Bohlen, Gilles Daziano, Jack Hedges, International Film, Indochina, Naval War College, Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy, Papua New Guinea
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- Soiled
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