Diplomatic Anecdotage: Around the World in 40 Years

Diplomatic Anecdotage: Around the World in 40 Years

By: Sir Roger Carrick

ISBN: 9781907642555
eBook ISBN: 9781907642555
Cover: Hardback
Published: May 24, 2012
Size: 234x156mm
Page Count: 328 pages

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From Bulgaria to Berkeley, Indonesia to Australia, Roger Carrick has travelled the world as an English diplomat. He was shadowed by the secret police in Sofia, witnessed the 1968 riots in Paris, befriended Shirley Temple at Stanford University and negotiated the withdrawal of British troops from Singapore. In between he rose to the heights of ambassador to Indonesia and High Commissioner to Australia.

All in a day’s work for a distinguished diplomat.

Diplomatic Anecdotage is a reflection on his career and on the ups and downs of diplomatic life. By turns witty and thoughtful, it is an absorbing and appealing read and a unique behind-the-scenes look at diplomacy in action. It is also an account of a changing world, whose author has played a discreet role in shaping its course.