Silent missions
By: Vernon A. Walters.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 654
Subjects: Walters, Vernon A; United States. Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Military attachés -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
Description: AMERICAN DIPLOMAT AND MILITARY OFFICER, SERVED AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. FROM 1985-1988 AND AS U.S. AMBASSADOR WEST GERMANY FROM 1989 TO 1991; FLUENT IN NUMEROUS LANGUAGES, ALSO SERVED AS INTERPRETER TO FIVE U.S. PRESIDENTS. WALTERS BEGUN HIS 35 YEAR MILITARY CAREER WHEN HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY IN 1941. AFTER WORKING AS AN INTERPRETER FOR PRES. HARRY TRUMAN.
Notes: Includes index.