| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xiv, 562 pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Pt.1. The apprenticeship : The smell of Makhorka -- The shattering of illusions -- To be shot, to be shot, to be shot -- A frustrating year -- A source in the Nazi embassy -- An eye on the collaborators -- Internment in Tokyo -- Pt.2. The president's man : The first Moscow meeting -- The Teheran Conference -- Into the White House -- The Yalta Conference -- A change at the White House -- The Potsdam Conference -- Pt.3. The Secretary's man : Byrnes, the underrated secretary -- Marshall, and outstanding secretary -- Standfast in Berlin -- Thoughts on Korea -- Pt.4. The Ambassador : The defeat of Joseph McCarthy -- Changing of the Kremlin Guard -- The collective dictorship -- Coexistence, East and West -- Kruschev's secret speech -- The Hungarian Revolution -- The Suez crisis -- Exile in Manila -- Pt.5. The final years : The U-2 and the abortive summit -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Le Grand Charles -- A last look at Moscow. |
| Subject |
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1974.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0393074765 |
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9780393074765 |
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