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Describes the transformation of the Consul from the days of serving with trading houses such as the Muscovy Company, and the East India Company to the challenges arising in the modern era. This book reveals how the Consuls coped with the experience of British citizens being taken hostage and used as human shields by Saddam Hussein in 1990.

Produktbeschreibung
Describes the transformation of the Consul from the days of serving with trading houses such as the Muscovy Company, and the East India Company to the challenges arising in the modern era. This book reveals how the Consuls coped with the experience of British citizens being taken hostage and used as human shields by Saddam Hussein in 1990.
Autorenporträt
Doyen of Fleet Street's Diplomatic Editors, John Dickie gained unique insight into Britain's Diplomatic and Consular Service by travelling in the Foreign Secretary's plane with his officials for three decades on numerous official journeys abroad.