Madame ambassador : behind the scenes with a candid Israeli diplomat / Tova Herzl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzl, Tova, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomats--Israel--Biography.

Diplomats.

Women diplomats--Israel--Biography.

Women diplomats.

Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli.

Israel--Foreign relations.

Israel.

Israel. Miśrad ha-ḥuts.

Herzl, Tova.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An intimate description of what being an ambassador is really like. Tova Herzl draws on her twenty-one year career and shares her unique experiences as a single, Jewish orthodox woman serving as Israel's Ambassador to paint a vivid, entertaining picture of the lives and work of contemporary diplomats.

Contents:

Acknowledgements. Prologue. Ch. 1 My Career. Ch. 2 Preparations. Ch. 3 Language. Ch. 4 Terms of Employment. Ch. 5 Credentials. Ch. 6 Immunity. Ch. 7 Neutrality. Ch. 8 Diplomacy and Dignity. Ch. 9 Name Calling. Ch. 10 Informal Connections. Ch. 11 Bodyguards. Ch. 12 The Diplomatic Corps. Ch. 13 Entertaining. Ch. 14 Religious Observance. Ch. 15 Being Jewish. Ch. 16 Holocaust. Ch. 17 Christianity. Ch. 18 Speech Ch. 19 Meetings Ch. 20 Clothes. Ch. 21 Press. Ch. 22 Advice. Ch. 23 Importance. Ch. 24 Phalcon. Ch. 25 Visits. Ch. 26 Crime and Punishment. Ch. 27 Sickness. Ch. 28 Passages. Ch. 29 Demonstrations. Ch. 30 Durban. Ch. 31 The Paper Trail. Ch. 32 Between Home and Abroad. About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-3538-1

OCLC:

898423145