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A historical memoir that offers a portrait of a remarkable life, told first from the perspective of a young girl in Erie, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Washington before World War I, and then from her husband's postings as US naval attache and then as US ambassador to Belgium, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan during the cold war.

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A historical memoir that offers a portrait of a remarkable life, told first from the perspective of a young girl in Erie, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Washington before World War I, and then from her husband's postings as US naval attache and then as US ambassador to Belgium, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan during the cold war.
Autorenporträt
Roger Kirk served as U.S. ambassador to Somalia and Romania, as well as ambassador to the U.N. Organizations in Vienna. After retiring from the State Department in 1990, he taught at Georgetown University and now serves as vice chair of a Washington, D.C., think tank. He is coauthor of Romania and the United States, Diplomacy of the Absurd, 1985-1989.