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02988aam a2200517Mi 4500 001 A2EC2DC422A911ED8A7D5B3833ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220823010141 008 210312t20202019nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781501172434 020 $a 1501172433 035 $a (OCoLC)1139768899 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d AAA $d SILO 043 $a aw----- $a a------ $a f------ $a aw----- 050 4 $a JZ1480.A55 $b R53 2020 082 04 $a 327.73017/67 $2 23 100 1 $a Richter, Paul $q (Paul R.), $e author. 245 14 $a The ambassadors : $b America's diplomats on the front lines / $c Paul Richter. 246 30 $a America's diplomats on the front lines 250 $a First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2020. 300 $a xxv, 322 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-305) and index. 505 0 $a Cast of characters -- Timeline of events -- The best people for the worst places -- Go figure something out -- The prefect storm -- A government of one -- With us and against us -- Talent hunt -- From enemies, friends -- Not peace but more peaceful -- Lost in translation -- The lid stays on -- Flowers, and stones, for the ambassador -- Envoy to the rebels -- The long goodbye -- Libya loses a friend -- Arab spring and fall -- In good conscience -- Cool heads in hot spots. 520 $a "The State Department's heroes are the front-line diplomats who have been unheralded, but crucial in the line of national defense for two decades of wars in the Middle East. In The Ambassadors, Paul Richter shares the astonishing, true-life stories of four expeditionary diplomats who do the hardest things in the hardest places." --Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Crocker, Ryan C. $q (Ryan Clark), $d 1949- 600 10 $a Ford, Robert Stephen. 600 10 $a Stevens, John Christopher, $d 1960-2012. 600 10 $a Patterson, Anne Woods, $d 1949- 600 17 $a Crocker, Ryan C. $q (Ryan Clark), $d 1949- $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01949346 600 17 $a Stevens, John Christopher, $d 1960-2012. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01917170 650 0 $a Ambassadors $z United States. 650 0 $a Diplomats $z United States. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Diplomats. $2 sears 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Islamic countries. 651 0 $a Islamic countries $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Middle East. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 7 $a United States $x Foreign relations. $2 sears 651 7 $a Islamic countries $x Foreign relations $z United States. $2 sears 651 7 $a Middle East. $2 sears 941 $a 1 952 $l WCPC115 $d 20230629023521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2EC2DC422A911ED8A7D5B3833ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search