China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia

New York: Public Affairs, 2004 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xiv, 417 pp, note to the reader, prologue, Part I. Growing Up, 1916-1947: 1. "Where the Daisies Cover the Country Land"; 2. Only a Memory; 3. Americanization; 4. An Anguished Cry. Part II. Intelligence Officer in Action, 1948-1968: 5. A Ready Recruit; 6. A Covert Foot Soldier; 7. On the Edge of Conflict; 8. Running the Secret War; 9. Of Coups, Floods, and Failures. Part III. China Opens Up, 1969-1981: 10. Reading the Tea Leaves; 11. Breaking Down Walls; 12. Kissinger's Man in China; 13. Good Fortune; 14. Riding a Wave. Part IV. Diplomat in Action, 1982-1991: 15. Righting the Balance; 16. The Golden Years; 17. Pushing for Change; 18. "Throught the Blur of Our Tears"; 19. Stepping on a Volcano; 20. Small Victories; epilogue, acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, index. First Edition, 2004. "Lilley served for nearly thirty years in the CIA in Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Laos, Bangkok, Cambodia, and Peking before moving to the State Department in the early 1980s to begin a distinguished diplomatic career. From Covert operations during the wars in Korea and Vietnam, to participating in Richard Nixion's opening to China as the CIA's first station chief in Peking, Lilley rose up through the ranks to the CIA to become the country's leading intelligence officer in China. Then as the United States' top diplomat in Taiwan and South Korea while those countries became 'true' democracies in the 1980s, while attempting to somehow bring Taipei and Peking closer together, and as ambassador to Peking during the bloody Tiananment massacre of 1989, he participated in and witnessed extraordinary changes while advancing America's interests in Asia." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean,tight and strong binding and no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Rust-colored paper covered boards with black backstrip, and maps on endpapers..