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China Hands
China Hands
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Description
Lilley served for twenty-five years in the CIA in Laos, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Taiwan before moving to the State Department in the early 1980s to begin a distinguished career as the U.S.'s top-ranking diplomat in Taiwan, ambassador to South Korea, and finally, ambassador to China. From helping Laotian insurgent forces assist the American efforts in Vietnam to his posting in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square crackdown, he was in a remarkable number of crucial places during challenging times as he spent his life tending to America's interests in Asia. In China Hands, he includes three generations of stories from an American family in the Far East, all of them absorbing, some of them exciting, and one, the loss of Lilley's much loved and admired brother, Frank, unremittingly tragic.
China Hands is a fascinating memoir of America in Asia, Asia itself, and one especially capable American's personal history.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
442
Release Date:
2005-07-06
Publication Date:
2005-07-01
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1586483439
ISBN13:
9781586483432
Weight:
620 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€7,49