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Blaming No One - Blog Postings on Arts Letters and Policy

Dan Whitman

Maison d'édition: Vellum

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Synopsis

Personal and professional reflections from a former US Foreign Service officer. 
 
This book is a series of reflections at the point of retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service after a career spent in locations around the globe. The collection of public blog postings, all colored by the author’s experience, include short essays on the following themes: personal anecdote, people/profiles, foreign policy as seen by a mid-level official, human nature, government functions, and “other”—ranging from music to immigration to condominium rules on dog comportment.  
 
Marked by a tone of light humor and social and institutional criticism, Blaming No One is an easy, entertaining read that also questions and challenges facile suppositions and notes many historic moments of interest.
Disponible depuis: 23/01/2013.
Longueur d'impression: 258 pages.

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