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Lessons from the edge : a memoir / Marie Yovanovitch.

Summary:

In a new memoir, the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, whose life and work have taught her the preciousness of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption, details her involvement in President Trump's impeachment inquiry and her response to his smear campaign.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0358457548
  • ISBN: 9780358457541
  • Physical Description: xxii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Mariner Books, [2022].

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: "Pledge to serve" -- Part I: Travelers (1921-1986). Origins ; Into the foreign service -- Part II: Postings (1986-2016). Somalia ; The United Kingdom and the United States ; Russia ; Ukraine ; Kyrgyzstan ; Armenia -- Part III: Homecoming (2016-2020). Return to Kyiv ; The transition ; Diplomacy 101 ; Warning signs ; Cut loose ; "I love Ukraine" ; Survival ; "The moment to decide" ; Three-dimensional chess ; No more tears ; "The best America has to offer" -- Epilogue: Keep faith.
Subject:
Trump, Donald, 1946- > Impeachment.
Yovanovitch, Marie L., 1958-
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Impeachments > United States.
Women ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Ukraine > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Ukraine.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 44 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library BIO YOV (Text) 37810435789242 Adult Biography Available -
Albemarle Main Library B Yovanovitch (Text) 31010000771453 Adult Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 39493110052224 Adult Biography Available -
Ashe County Public Library B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 50503300467596 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Beaufort Main B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 34208900141598 Adult Biography Available -
Bogue Banks B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 34208900141580 Adult Biography Available -
Bordeaux Library B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 31781066749019 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library B YOVANOVI (Text) 37807000034538 Adult Biography Available -
Cleveland County Main Library 973.933 YOV (Text) 22281500150558 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Columbus Library B YOVANOVITCH (Text) 31250200081962 Adult Biography Available -