Distinguished service : Lydia Chapin Kirk, partner in diplomacy, 1896-1984 / Lydia Chapin Kirk ; edited by Roger Kirk ; with a foreword by Robert Orris Blake.
| Author/creator | Kirk, Lydia |
| Other author | Kirk, Roger, 1930- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xvi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series. ^A405870 |
| Contents | Beginnings, 1896-1908 -- Paris, 1908-1911 -- The United States and Paris, 1911-1913 -- At home in the United States, 1914-1938 -- On the threshold of war in England, 1939 -- Wartime England, 1939-1940 -- Washington before Pearl Harbor, 1940-1941 -- America at war, 1941-1946 -- A good start in Brussels, 1946 -- Belgium, the Balkans, and a royal visit, 1946-1949 -- Behind the dreaded Iron Curtain, 1949 -- Making it work in Moscow, 1950-1951 -- A flattering but unwelcome assignment, 1962 -- A mission and a life cut short, 1962-1963 -- Final years / Roger Kirk. |
| General note | "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007019349 |
| ISBN | 9780815608912 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815608918 (hardcover : alk. paper) |