This biography of Chester Bowles is also the story of America finding its place in a changing world--remarkably relevant to our own post-cold war era. Former ambassador Schaffer draws on a wealth of documents and interviews with some of the nation's top foreign policy makers in the post-WWII years. 22 halftones.
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This biography of Chester Bowles is also the story of America finding its place in a changing world--remarkably relevant to our own post-cold war era. Former ambassador Schaffer draws on a wealth of documents and interviews with some of the nation's top foreign policy makers in the post-WWII years. 22 halftones.
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Publisher:
Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. : Harvard University Press, 1993
Language:
English
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8367707328
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ISBN: 067411390X, Hardback, 1st Edition, Fine minus in Very Good DJ; DJ has minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, small closed tear to bottom back edge, another to top spine end, illustrated with a photo section, 8vo., 387 pages.,
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Some B/W Photos. Fine in Near Fine + jacket. From Library Journal Retired diplomat Schaffer has written the first biography of his late colleague Bowles, governor of Connecticut, twice ambassador to India (appointed by Truman and Kennedy), and JFK's undersecretary of state. Bowles's legacy was his belief in the centrality of the Third World to U.S. interests, his commitment to Third World rural development, and an abiding liberal idealism. But Bowles's verbose style put off presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Dean Rusk, and others; he was frequently written off as naive; and, because he was not adept at bureaucratic politics, Bowles's concrete achievements were modest. In fact, through primary research and dozens of interviews, Schaffer has made such a competent case for Bowles as a marginal figure that one wonders who would wish to read the book. Recommended for libraries collecting intensively in the history of U.S. foreign relations. -Robert F. Nardini, North Chichester, N.H. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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067411390X. Hardcover; Harvard University Press; 1993; A 1st Edition; 1.08 x 9.53 x 6.32 Inches; Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket; Price clipped; Institute for the Study of Diplomacy; 9.53 X 6.32 X 1.08 inches.
