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03806aam a22005058i 4500 001 BDA2C16EA18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 008 160708s2016 ohua b s001 0aeng 010 $a 2016024896 020 $a 0821422332 020 $a 9780821422335 020 $a 0821422324 020 $a 9780821422328 035 $a (OCoLC)948339818 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OUN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E840.8.H436 $b A3 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a POL011010 $a BIO026000 $a POL011010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Heimann, Judith M., $e author. 245 10 $a Paying calls in Shangri-La : $b scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy / $c Judith M. Heimann. 263 $a 1609 264 1 $a Athens, Ohio : $b Ohio University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xii, 233 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, plates ; $c 24 cm. 490 0 $a An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book 520 2 $a "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. She did so first as a spouse, then as a diplomat herself, thus becoming part of one of the Foreign Service's first tandem couples. Heimann's lively recollections of her life in Africa, Asia, and Europe show us that when it comes to reconciling our government's requirements with the other government's wants, shuttle diplomacy, Skype, and email cannot match on-the-ground interaction. The ability to gauge and finesse gesture, tone of voice, and unspoken assumptions became her stock-in-trade as she navigated, time and again, remarkably delicate situations. This insightful and witty memoir gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a rarely explored experience: that of one of the very first married female diplomats, who played an unsung but significant role in some of the important international events of the past fifty years. To those who know something of today's world of diplomacy, Paying Calls in Shangri-La will be an enlightening tour through the way it used to be--and for aspiring Foreign Service officers and students, it will be an inspiration"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Political Apprenticeship in Africa -- Paying Calls -- Party Magic -- Domestic Dramas -- Diplomacy at the Dining Table -- Learning to Drive a Bargain -- Girl Talk -- Swifts in the Eaves -- Among Ex-Headhunters -- A "Tandem" Wife on Trial -- A Moment of Cold War Intrigue -- Getting Out in Public -- Latin Tags -- Heroics in the Hinterland -- Farewell to Africa -- Back in the Heart of Europe -- Being in Charge -- Encores -- Honesty, the Best Policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Our Foreign Service Career. 600 10 $a Heimann, Judith M. 610 10 $a United States. $b Foreign Service $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women diplomats $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Diplomats $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Diplomats' spouses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Diplomacy $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1945-1989. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x Diplomacy. $x Diplomacy. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019024856.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103015430.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BDA2C16EA18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search