On Distant Service - The Life of the First U.s. Foreign Service Officer to Be Assassinated

The story of Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883–1924), the first U.S. foreign service officer to be murdered for political reasons.
 

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. In Search of an Orbit
2. Merry Hell and More
3. All There Is of Terrible
4. Imbrie, Acting    
5. Living with Banquo’s Ghost
6. Roaming the Black Sea
7. Netting Oil
8. Before the Last Picnic
9. Death on Distant Service
10. The Pursuit of Adequate Justice
11. What Was Manifest
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Susan M. Stein spent thirty-five years teaching full time on the secondary and postsecondary level, including pedagogical collaborations in Ukraine and Uganda. She was a columnist and feature writer for the Omaha World-Herald Sunday magazine for fifteen years and is an editor of fiction and nonfiction publications. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

Summary

The story of Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883-1924), the first U.S. foreign service officer to be murdered for political reasons.

Product details

• Authors: Susan M Stein, Susan M. Stein
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781640121942
• ISBN: 978-1-64012-194-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Politikwissenschaft, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Biography / Autobiography