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"An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who--in a career of service to the country--was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless war in Iraq, this is the real life of an American diplomat. Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. He takes us from one-on-one meetings with the dictator Milosevic, to Bosnia and Kosovo, to the Dayton conference, where a truce was brokered. Hill draws upon lessons learned as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon early on in his career and details his prodigious experience as a US ambassador. He was the first American Ambassador to Macedonia; Ambassador to Poland, where he also served in the depth of the cold war; Ambassador to South Korea and chief disarmament negotiator in North Korea; and Hillary Clinton's hand-picked Ambassador to Iraq. Hill's account is an adventure story of danger, loss of comrades, high stakes negotiations, and imperfect options. There are fascinating portraits of war criminals (Mladic, Karadzic), of presidents and vice presidents (Clinton, Bush and Cheney, and Obama), of Secretaries of State (Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton), of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and of Ambassadors Richard Holbrooke and Lawrence Eagleburger. Hill writes bluntly about the bureaucratic warfare in DC and expresses strong criticism of America's aggressive interventions and wars of choice"--… (mehr)
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Ambassador Hill's autobiography is a refreshing foray into some of the most difficult diplomatic quagmires America experienced in the past 30 years. Hill could have bombarded the reader with a litany of names, dates, and accomplishments...but instead takes considerable effort to simplify and humanize even the most alien of situations. Reading of his encounters with historical figures ranging from Kim Jung Il and Slobodan Milosevic to Mother Theresa is enlightening in a different way than generally experienced, where Hill discusses the individual style, relationships, wants, and habits that he personally experienced with each of these individuals. Hill also has a wonderful method of describing the geography and environments of which he experiences - for a reader that has never been to Mongolia or North Korea, this may have been the most fascinating element of 'Outpost.'
As far as diplomatic works go, Outpost is particularly easy to read, and engaging to the point that it is difficult to put down. While ending on something of a slightly pessimistic note (although perhaps deservedly so), 'Outpost' is a work that anyone interested in a career at the State Department should read. You won't find this branch of diplomatic history told in a more compelling or human capacity elsewhere.
This is just an amazing look at different parts of the world from someone on the front lines of American diplomacy. Ambassador Hill provides a plain talking and warm narrative of the countries, people, and situations he encountered. He worked with different presidents and different regimes and is supportive and honestly critical if the situation calls for it. This is a must read for those looking in to foreign service.
"An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who--in a career of service to the country--was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless war in Iraq, this is the real life of an American diplomat. Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. He takes us from one-on-one meetings with the dictator Milosevic, to Bosnia and Kosovo, to the Dayton conference, where a truce was brokered. Hill draws upon lessons learned as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon early on in his career and details his prodigious experience as a US ambassador. He was the first American Ambassador to Macedonia; Ambassador to Poland, where he also served in the depth of the cold war; Ambassador to South Korea and chief disarmament negotiator in North Korea; and Hillary Clinton's hand-picked Ambassador to Iraq. Hill's account is an adventure story of danger, loss of comrades, high stakes negotiations, and imperfect options. There are fascinating portraits of war criminals (Mladic, Karadzic), of presidents and vice presidents (Clinton, Bush and Cheney, and Obama), of Secretaries of State (Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton), of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and of Ambassadors Richard Holbrooke and Lawrence Eagleburger. Hill writes bluntly about the bureaucratic warfare in DC and expresses strong criticism of America's aggressive interventions and wars of choice"--
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Ambassador Hill's autobiography is a refreshing foray into some of the most difficult diplomatic quagmires America experienced in the past 30 years. Hill could have bombarded the reader with a litany of names, dates, and accomplishments...but instead takes considerable effort to simplify and humanize even the most alien of situations. Reading of his encounters with historical figures ranging from Kim Jung Il and Slobodan Milosevic to Mother Theresa is enlightening in a different way than generally experienced, where Hill discusses the individual style, relationships, wants, and habits that he personally experienced with each of these individuals. Hill also has a wonderful method of describing the geography and environments of which he experiences - for a reader that has never been to Mongolia or North Korea, this may have been the most fascinating element of 'Outpost.'
As far as diplomatic works go, Outpost is particularly easy to read, and engaging to the point that it is difficult to put down. While ending on something of a slightly pessimistic note (although perhaps deservedly so), 'Outpost' is a work that anyone interested in a career at the State Department should read. You won't find this branch of diplomatic history told in a more compelling or human capacity elsewhere.
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