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An instrument of peace : the full-circled life of Ambassador Guillermo Belt Ramírez / Daniel I. Pedreira ; foreword by Ambassador James C. Cason.
Van Pelt Library F1787.5.B44 P43 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pedreira, Daniel I., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diplomats--Cuba--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- Ambassadors--Cuba--Biography.
- Ambassadors.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Belt, Guillermo, 1905-1989.
- Belt, Guillermo.
- Cuba--Foreign relations--1933-1959.
- Cuba.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book presents a meticulously researched biography on Guillermo Belt Ramírez, one of Cuba's most important diplomats of the 20th century. As Ambassador, Belt represented his homeland in the United States, the UN, and the Soviet Union as the Cold War turned wartime allies into enemies"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- By the house of their fathers
- A child of the 1902 generation
- Foray into politics
- A time for war
- Dr. Belt goes to Washington
- An instrument of peace
- Building peace from scratch
- Road to Rio
- Hemispheric cooperation and Universal Human Rights
- With counsel and wisdom
- A foreigner in a foreign land
- Epilogue: Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-173) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pedreira, Daniel I., author. Instrument of peace
- ISBN:
- 9781498592277
- 1498592279
- OCLC:
- 1091363272
- Publisher Number:
- 99981665308
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