Ambassador Ortiz : lessons from a life of service / Frank V. Ortiz ; edited by Don J. Usner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ortiz, Frank V., 1926-

Contributor:

Usner, Donald J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambassadors--United States--Biography.

Ambassadors.

Ortiz, Frank V., 1926-.

Ortiz, Frank V.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ambassador Ortiz's memoir of over four decades in the U.S. foreign service, including behind-the-scenes encounters with international leaders.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction by Governor Bill Richardson; Prologue; 1: Origins in Santa Fe; 2: Out Into the World: Washington Politics and Wartime Horror; 3: Into America's Front Line Trenches: Passing the Exams and a Special Mission to the Sudan; 4: Reassignment Ethiopia: At the Emperor's Court and Following in Burton's Footsteps; 5: Mexico City the First Time Around: A Prideful Mistake; 6: In the Heart of the State Department; 7: Mexico for a Second Time: A Successful Negotiation; 8: A Time of Transition in Spain-Department of State

9: Peru: A Bizarre Accusation10: Uruguay: Living with Terror; 11: Back to the Home Office: The Southern Cone and Working with Kissinger; 12: Barbados and the Caribbean: Reaching the Top Rungs of the Ladder; 13: Guatemala: The Failure of a Mission; 14: Panama to Peru: A Tropical Interlude and a Contentious Return; 15: Argentina: The Pinnacle of a Career; 16: Home at Last-But Not for Long; 17: Home to Stay: More Lessons to Learn; Postscript; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-63541-0

0-8263-3714-7

OCLC:

817818789