Keep the Flag Flying: A Diplomatic Memoir - Couverture rigide

Munro, Sir Alan

 
9781908531155: Keep the Flag Flying: A Diplomatic Memoir

Synopsis

Keep the Flag Flying The insightful and entertaining account of an outstanding British diplomatic career in the post-colonial period. Full description

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À propos de l?auteur

Sir Alan Munro KCMG joined the Diplomatic Service in 1958 after military service in the Army, and Cambridge University where he studied history. He went to Lebanon to learn Arabic, and subsequently worked in Lebanon, Kuwait, Libya and Brazil as well as in the Foreign Office. He had spells in the Ministry of Defence looking after military cooperation with Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, before going to Algeria as ambassador in 1974. He was subsequently Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East and Africa and was British ambassador in Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1993, a period which coincided with the First Gulf War.

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