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Born A Foreigner: A Memoir Of The American Presence In Asia

Author: Cross, Charles T.
Paperback
304 pages
Published: January 2000
Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0847694690

Part memoir, part diplomatic history, Born a Foreigner traces Ambassador Cross's personal odyssey as a boy born in Beijing to missionary parents, a teenager under the Japanese occupation ofNorth China, a Japanese-speaking marine corps officer in WWII, and as a diplomat posted to sensitive areas around the world. Always, Cross's assessments of U.S. policy and policymakers are reflective, fair, and judicious.This work provides a perceptive overview of the intense US connection with East Asia in the 20th century. Part memoir, part diplomatic history, it traces Ambassador Cross's personal odyssey as a boy born in Beijing, a teenager, a Marine Corps officer and diplomat.

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