Behind Embassy Walls: The Life and Times of an American Diplomat

by Brandon Grove

Book Overview

Behind Embassy Walls is the extraordinary autobiography of a career American diplomat and an account of his role in key events of the Cold War era. The son of an international oilman and a Polish ?migr?, Brandon Grove spent his childhood before World War II largely in Europe, in Nazi Germany, Holland, and Spain. He recounts his acquaintance with William Faulkner while at Bard College, his service in the navy in the Korean War, and his thirty-five-year...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826215734
• ISBN13: 9780826215734
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"