Safirka An American Envoy
Peter S. Bridges's service as American Ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foregin Service. This text presents a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offering pointed assessments of American foreign policy and policymakers.
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Contents
Introduction
1. The Interesting Possibility
2. Scholar, Soldier, Someday Diplomat
3. From Foggy Bottom to the Isthmus
4. The Moscow Hand
5. Rome and Prague
6. Long Years at Home
7. The Way to Africa
8. Big Embassy, Poor Country
9. Aid, with Scandals and Defects
10. Dams, Drugs, and Dictator
11. New Gazas, New Greed
12. From Siad to Canal Street
13. Anxieties, Artifacts, and Bases
14. Disasters and Arcadias
15. To the Horn and Home Again
16. Departure, Return, Destruction. 17. What Comes Next?Appendix: Somalia through the Ages
Bibliography
Index
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