Publication Year: within 5 Years / Topic: Memoir

Author:: Peter Bridges
Publication Date:: 02-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: American Diplomacy
Abstract:: Henry Kissinger left government service in 1977; after serving earlier as National Security Adviser he was replaced as Secretary of State by Carter’s incoming Secretary, Cyrus Vance. Now it was 1984; since 1981 I had been the deputy chief of mission to Reagan’s ambassador to Italy, Maxwell Rabb. We learned that Dr. Kissinger was coming to Venice to brief the board of a major American corporation that was meeting there. Max Rabb asked me to go to Venice and make sure the Italians would provide proper protection for the famous—some would have said infamous—man.
Topic:: Diplomacy, Memoir, and Henry Kissinger
Political Geography:: United States of America

Author:: Mark Wentling
Publication Date:: 02-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: American Diplomacy
Abstract:: In April 1991, while I was serving in Lomé, Togo as the USAID Representative for Togo and Benin, protests in Lomé against the dictatorial regime of President Eyadéma reached the boiling point. One night, President Eyadéma’s barbaric soldiers entered the original neighborhood of Lomé, Bè, and killed a couple dozen people or more. They collected the bodies and threw them into the lagoon which cut across the northern part of old Lomé. Their morbid idea was that when the people saw the dead bodies, they would cease revolting against Eyadéma, his cronies and all for which they stood.
Topic:: Diplomacy, Trauma, Memoir, and USAID
Political Geography:: Africa and Togo

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