From first arrival in Lebanon as a fresh faced graduate to the heat
of the first Gulf War conflict as managed from Saudi Arabia, Sir
Alan Munro's account of life representing Her Majesty's government
in embassy posting across the world will enchant and engage. This
book is intended to convey something of the flavour - and the
frivolities - of escapades and encounters which Sir Alan and his
wife experienced in the course of thirty-five years in diplomacy in
the Middle East, Africa and South America, and at home too. The
narrative is set against a half-century of post-imperial adjustment
in Britain's foreign policy, in which withdrawal from a global role
is offset by an overriding concern, shared with western partners,
to counter the extension - political and economic as well as
military - of Soviet Marxist influence across a fractious
post-colonial world. It is no purpose of mine to denigrate or
burlesque any individuals who appear in its pages. This account
brings out the human side, as well as the value, of a profession in
which 'life's rich tapestry' plays an uncommonly prominent part.
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