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Lessons from the edge : a memoir / Marie Yovanovitch.

Yovanovitch, Marie L., 1958- (author.).

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].

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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.

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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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