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In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of postwar America's foremost diplomats from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs. Named ambassador to Argentina by Harry Truman in 1951, Bunker went on to serve six more presidents as ambassador to Italy, India, Nepal, and Vietnam and on special negotiating missions. A widely recognized "hawk," Bunker helped shape U.S. policy in Vietnam during his six-year Saigon posting. Using letters Bunker wrote to his wife as well as recently declassified messages he exchanged with Henry Kissinger, Schaffer examines how Bunker promoted the...
Dossani's book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947.
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This biography of Chester Bowles is also the story of America finding its place in a changing world--remarkably relevant to our own post-cold war era. Former ambassador Schaffer draws on a wealth of documents and interviews with some of the nation's top foreign policy makers in the post-WWII years. 22 halftones.