The Life of a Diplomat

The life of a diplomat is not all receptions and black tie affairs. There are long trips, even longer weekend duties, befuddled and befuddling colleagues, problems with water and electricity, and cockroaches, lizards and wars to deal with.

About the Book

Burning the Ambassadors Desk chronicles Thom Gradisher's twenty-two years as a Foreign Service officer, from his beginning as a neophyte in Africa through tours of duty in India, Sri Lanka, Washington DC, and Singapore.

Inside the Diplomacy

Here is the diplomacy behind the tuxedo.