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catalog abstract ""In Embassies Under Siege, eyewitnesses present nine representative crises in vivid detail, examining the recurring challenges posed to diplomatic missions. The authors, all career Foreign Service officers, provide more than just frightening firsthand accounts of vulnerable people facing great peril. They also suggest useful lessons for protecting diplomatic personnel abroad. Many of these suggestions have already been implemented, and as old problems continue and new crises develop, the lessons learned from these cases prove invaluable. Through stories of great physical courage, professionalism, and resourcefulness, Embassies Under Siege paints a clear picture of the unique type of individual serving in the Foreign Service today."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b8659222.
catalog created "1995.".
catalog date "1995".
catalog date "1995.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
catalog description ""In Embassies Under Siege, eyewitnesses present nine representative crises in vivid detail, examining the recurring challenges posed to diplomatic missions. The authors, all career Foreign Service officers, provide more than just frightening firsthand accounts of vulnerable people facing great peril. They also suggest useful lessons for protecting diplomatic personnel abroad. Many of these suggestions have already been implemented, and as old problems continue and new crises develop, the lessons learned from these cases prove invaluable. Through stories of great physical courage, professionalism, and resourcefulness, Embassies Under Siege paints a clear picture of the unique type of individual serving in the Foreign Service today."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Embassies at risk : learning from experience / Joseph G. Sullivan -- Crisis avoidance : shutting down Embassy Kampala, 1973 / Robert V. Keeley -- Crisis after crisis : Embassy Tehran, 1979 / Victor L. Tomseth -- The murder of Ambassador Dubs, Kabul, 1979 / James E. Taylor -- Attack on the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, 1979 / Herbert G. Hagerty -- The bombing of Embassy Beirut, 1983 / Richard M. Gannon -- The FMLN's "final offensive," San Salvador, 1989 / William G. Walker.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.".
catalog description "Saddam's Siege of Embassy Kuwait : a personal journal, 1990 / Barbara K. Bodine -- Evacuation during Civil War, Liberia, 1990 / Dennis C. Jett -- Escape from Mogadishu, 1991 / James K. Bishop.".
catalog extent "xiv, 180 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Embassies under siege.".
catalog identifier "002881133X".
catalog isFormatOf "Embassies under siege.".
catalog issued "1995".
catalog issued "1995.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brassey's,".
catalog relation "Embassies under siege.".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "363.11/93272/0973 20".
catalog subject "Diplomatic and consular service, American Buildings Security measures.".
catalog subject "Embassy buildings Security measures United States.".
catalog subject "Embassy takeovers.".
catalog subject "JX1683.P7 E42 1995".
catalog tableOfContents "Embassies at risk : learning from experience / Joseph G. Sullivan -- Crisis avoidance : shutting down Embassy Kampala, 1973 / Robert V. Keeley -- Crisis after crisis : Embassy Tehran, 1979 / Victor L. Tomseth -- The murder of Ambassador Dubs, Kabul, 1979 / James E. Taylor -- Attack on the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan, 1979 / Herbert G. Hagerty -- The bombing of Embassy Beirut, 1983 / Richard M. Gannon -- The FMLN's "final offensive," San Salvador, 1989 / William G. Walker.".
catalog tableOfContents "Saddam's Siege of Embassy Kuwait : a personal journal, 1990 / Barbara K. Bodine -- Evacuation during Civil War, Liberia, 1990 / Dennis C. Jett -- Escape from Mogadishu, 1991 / James K. Bishop.".
catalog title "Embassies under siege / edited by Joseph G. Sullivan.".
catalog type "text".