In Those Days by Spain, James W,

"In Those Days: A Diplomat Remembers" by James W. Spain - published in 1998 by The Kent State University Press. Published in cooperation with the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. First Edition. Illustrated. 252pp. Fine condition - both book and dust jacket. "This, I speak carefully, is a most interesting and important book. James Spain, an accomplished writer, tells in fascinating detail of his youth, education, family and family tragedy, of grim even appalling days in the CIA and then of his diverse and brilliant career in the Foreign Service. It is of a world with which I have had some slight personal experience; it rings true in a highly literate way." --- John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard University.

Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. 252 pages. Ex-library from the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C. Includes 32 black and white illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, and Index. Topics covered include Enduring Icons; Getting an Education; Wearing a Uniform; Family Values; A Working Apprenticeship; Falling in with the CIA; Back in the Department; Practicing Diplomacy; First Anointings; Camelot, Catastrophe, & a Coda; Foreign Face Cards; More Foreign Face Cards; American Jokers; More American Jokers; Advice & Consent; This & That; and Index. James William Spain (July 22, 1926 - January 2, 2008) was in the US Foreign Service with postings in Karachi, Islamabad, Istanbul, Ankara, Dar Es Salaam, and Colombo and four ambassadorships in Tanzania, Turkey, the United Nations (as deputy permanent representative), and Sri Lanka. He was the author of numerous books, including In Those Days, American Diplomacy in Turkey, The Way of the… Read More