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The dissent channel : an American diplomat in a dishonest age / Elizabeth Shackelford.

Van Pelt Library E901.1.S533 A3 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shackelford, Elizabeth, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shackelford, Elizabeth.
United States. Department of State--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.
United States. Department of State.
Diplomats--United States--Biography.
Diplomats.
International relations.
Diplomatic and consular service, American.
South Sudan.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--South Sudan--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--South Sudan.
South Sudan--Foreign relations--United States.
South Sudan--Politics and government--2011-.
Politics and government.
United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
Diplomatic relations.
Employees.
Genre:
Biographies.
Nonfiction.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
x, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
Summary:
"A promising young diplomat's account of her assignment in South Sudan, the world's youngest nation on the brink of civil war, and an explanation of the ways US foreign policy has utterly failed in its diplomacy and accountability around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Juba, July 2-13
Muddying the narrative
Human rights, America's just not htat into you
Stretched, August 2013
Do less with less, do more with war
The blue house
Open for business, September-October 2013
The business of diplomacy
The end of the beginning, November-December 2013
A war begins, December 15, 2013
No safe haven, December 16, 2013
Drawdown, December 18, 2013
Diplomacy is the long game
Destruction, December 19-25, 2013
A new year, December 26, 2013-January 3, 2014
Refugees, January-February 2014 (Uganda)
Trial and error, March-May 2014
Leaving Juba, June-July 2014
Quieting the voices of opposition
The last resort, February-July 2015
All your friends are false, all your enemies are real, October 2015-September 2016
Resignation, 2016-2017.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781541724488
1541724488
OCLC:
1117631661

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