Diplomatic Moves: Life in the Foreign Service

Signed (Sally and Michael), with inscription and date (2005), on ffep; signed again (Sally James) on title page. Book has only very light shelf wear. Price-clipped jacket has light shelf wear and a small cut line on back -- not particularly noticeable. This is a memoir by Sally James, wife of English diplomat, Michael James. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages; Signed by Author

From Publisher:

What is a wife's role in the modern diplomatic service? Does she follow her husband wherever his career and the needs of the service take him, as soldier's wives were once said to follow the drum? Is this role a career in itself - supporting her husband in his embassy or high commission and carrying out social duties? And all this against the backdrop of a security provided by a great power?

Sally James's account is very different. It concerns the changing role of spouses in the Diplomatic Service, with new-found recognition of the vital part they play, and appreciation of the wish of many spouses for freedom to pursue independent careers.

The author and her husband were posted to seven different locations: New Zealand, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Guyana, Turkey, Ghana, Singapore and Barbados. Her memoirs offer and account of the interest and excitement of foreign travel, but also tell of the difficulties of being separated from families, the poor communications and physical dangers.

This book should be of interest to those concerned with life in the Diplomatic Service, and what it was like for the spouses and families who are rarely mentioned in official histories.

Product Info

ISBN: 1850439249

ISBN-13: 9781850439240

Publisher: The Radcliffe Press

Year: 1995

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Signed

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