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title	:	In Those Days : A Diplomat Remembers ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series
author	:	Spain, James W.
publisher	:	Kent State University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	087338606X
print isbn13	:	9780873386067
ebook isbn13	:	9780585161068
language	:	English
subject	Spain, James W.--(James William) , Diplomats--United States--Biography, United States--Foreign relations--20th century, United Nations--Biography.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	E748.S734A3 1998eb
ddc	:	327.73/0092
subject	:	Spain, James W.--(James William) , Diplomats--United States--Biography, United States--Foreign relations--20th century, United Nations--Biography.

Page ii A book in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series

Page iii In Those Days A Diplomat Remembers James W. Spain The Kent State University Press Kent, Ohio, & London

Page iv 1998 by James W. Spain All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 98-5729 ISBN 0-87338-606-X Manufactured in the United States of America Published in cooperation with the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spain, James W. (James William) In those days : a diplomat remembers / James W. Spain p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-87338-606-X (alk. paper) 1. Spain, James W. (James William) 2. DiplomatsUnited States Biography. 3. United StatesForeign relations20th century. 4. United NationsBiography. I. Title. II. Series E748.S734A3 1998 327.73'0092dc21 [B] 98-5729 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data are available.

Page v The ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series For more than 220 years, extraordinary men and women have represented the United States abroad under all kinds of circumstances. What they did and how and why they did it are not well known by their compatriots. In 1995 the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) and Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) created a book series to increase public knowledge and appreciation of the involvement of American diplomats in the events of world history. The series seeks to demystify diplomacy by telling the story of those who have conducted our foreign relations, as they saw it and lived it. If the twentieth century was the American Century, James Spain was its classic product. From Chicago in 1926 to Sri Lanka in 1997, he has blazed a trail of high adventure and highly intelligent public service. His is a tale of the son of Irish immigrants who spent his childhood in "Al Capone country" and moved on, through military, academic, CIA, and Foreign Service encounters, to deal with mountain tribesmen and U.S. senators, African and Asian heads of state, and U.S. secretaries of state. It is diplomatic life on the edge, told with a bluntness leavened with feeling and humor. His delightful, incisive, often touching account of those years spent bouncing around the world with his family while ably serving his country is a very human one, with its full share of accomplishment and tragedy. In the process we also learn a lot about the practice of U.S. foreign relations. EDWARD M. ROWELL, PRESIDENT, ADST JOAN M. CLARK, PRESIDENT, DACOR

Page vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Enduring Icons 1 2 Getting an Education 13 3 Wearing a Uniform 27 4 Family Values 39 5 A Working Apprenticeship 59 6 Falling in with the CIA 71 7 Back in the Department 89 8 Practicing Diplomacy 103 9 First Anointings 119 10 Camelot, Catastrophe, & a Coda 135 11 Foreign Face Cards 151 12 More Foreign Face Cards 165 13 American Jokers 183 14 More American Jokers 197 15 Advice & Consent 211 16 This & That 225 Index 241

Page ix List of Illustrations James Spain, Chicago, 1932 5

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