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Behind Diplomatic Lines

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Behind Diplomatic Lines

By Patrick Wright

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About the book

Patrick Wright's memoir opens on a diplomatic crisis. A growing number of countries are threatening to boycott the Commonwealth Games in protest of the British government's handling of South African apartheid. And the problems only get worse.Patrick Wright was one of the pre-eminent diplomats of his day, putting him at the forefront of some of the late twentieth century's most important global events. His six years at the FCO found him dealing with the backlash from the Falklands War, the collap...Show more

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9781785903380

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Biteback Publishing

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2017

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Behind Diplomatic Lines

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