Frontline Diplomacy: A U.S. Foreign Service Officer in the Arab World: Second Edition

by William A. Rugh

In short vignettes, this book describes how American diplomats working in the Middle East dealt with a variety of challenges over the last decades of the 20th century. The stories include: the Palestinian siege of the U.S. embassy in Damascus; the bombing of the embassy in Jidda; the delicate relationships in Syria with the president's brother and with the Jewish community; working with the Yemeni president on threats from the Marxist regime in Aden;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1637239408
• ISBN13: 9781637239407
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Westphalia Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"