Ellsworth Bunker: Global Troubleshooter, Vietnam Hawk

by Howard B. Schaffer

Book Overview

In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of postwar America's foremost diplomats from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs.

Named ambassador to Argentina by Harry Truman in 1951, Bunker went on to serve six more presidents as ambassador to Italy, India, Nepal, and Vietnam and on special negotiating missions. A widely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807828254
• ISBN13: 9780807828250
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"