Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heimann, Judith M., author.

Series:

ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heimann, Judith M.

United States. Foreign Service--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States.

Women diplomats--United States--Biography.

Women diplomats.

Diplomats--United States--Biography.

Diplomats.

Diplomats' spouses--United States--Biography.

Diplomats' spouses.

Diplomacy--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Diplomacy.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, [Ohio] : Ohio University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a path across the continents as she mastered the fine points of diplomatic culture.

Contents:

Illustrations; Prologue; 1: Political Apprenticeship in Africa; 2: Paying Calls; 3: Party Magic; 4: Domestic Dramas; 5: Diplomacy at the Dining Table; 6: Learning to Drive a Bargain; 7: Girl Talk; 8: Swifts in the Eaves; 9: Among Ex-Headhunters; 10: A "Tandem" Wife on Trial; 11: A Moment of Cold War Intrigue; 12: Getting Out in Public; Gallery of photos; 13: Latin Tags; 14: Heroics in the Hinterland; 15: Farewell to Africa; 16: Back in the Heart of Europe; 17: Being in Charge; 18: Encores; 19: Honesty, the Best Policy; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780821445785

0821445782

OCLC:

956953964