Madame Ambassador
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3537-3 (ISBN)
Tova Herzl was Israel's first ambassador to the recently independent Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), as well as her country's ambassador to South Africa. She served two stints as Congressional liaison in Israel's embassy in Washington, D.C.
Prologue: How Is This Book Different from All Other Books?
Chapter 1: My Career: Four Postings, Three Capitals, Two Ambassadorships, and a Little
Chapter 2: Preparations: A Tale of Two Refrigerators
Chapter 3: Language: Of Frogs, Peace, and Sandwiches
Chapter 4: Terms of Employment: Ah, All That Luxury!
Chapter 5: Credentials: Can I Start Working Already?
Chapter 6: Immunity: The Untouchables, Almost
Chapter 7: Neutrality: Feelings, Facades, and Fine Lines
Chapter 8: Diplomacy and Dignity: She Is Such a Diplomat!
Chapter 9: Name Calling: Excellencies and Rabbis! Brothers and Sisters!
Chapter 10: Informal Connections: The Ties That Bind
Chapter 11: Bodyguards: Someone to Watch Over Me
Chapter 12: The Diplomatic Corps: It’s a Family, Sort Of
Chapter 13: Entertaining: Let’s Party, We Have To
Chapter 14: Religious Observance: No, Thank You, Not for Me, Not Today
Chapter 15: Being Jewish: So Many Questions, So Few Answers
Chapter 16: Holocaust: A6766
Chapter 17: Christianity: Get Me To the Church on Time
Chapter 18: Speech: There Will Be Plenty of Time for Questions
Chapter 19: Meetings: Oh, So That’s What You Do All Day!
Chapter 20: Clothes: Do I Look All Rright?
Chapter 21: Press: As Long as They Spell My Name Properly
Chapter 22: Advice: Why Doesn’t Somebody Do Something?
Chapter 23: Importance: It’s All Relative
Chapter 24: Phalcon: We Were Generals, We Know Best
Chapter 25: Visits: You Are Welcome, Any Time!
Chapter 26: Crime and Punishment: Please, Minister, May I Have an Organ?
Chapter 27: Sickness: You Only Have One Liver to Give to Your Country
Chapter 28: Passages: A Time to Be Born and a Time to Die
Chapter 29: Demonstrations: The People Have Spoken, but What DidThey Say?
Chapter 30: Durban: You Were Really There?
Chapter 31: The Paper Trail: Like a Trip through a Cemetery
Chapter 32: Between Home and Abroad: It’s a Life! It’s a Job! No, It’s Diplomacy!
About the Author
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.1.2015 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 161 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 449 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4422-3537-3 / 1442235373 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4422-3537-3 / 9781442235373 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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