Secrets of state

"Sam Trainor's career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being outspoken has left him on the outside of the competitive Washington establishment. Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Trainor has moved to the private sector ... Bu...

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Main Author: Palmer, Matthew, 1966- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2015]
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Summary:"Sam Trainor's career of overseas work coupled with a penchant for being outspoken has left him on the outside of the competitive Washington establishment. Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Trainor has moved to the private sector ... But Sam soon discovers that for all their similarities, the government and their hired contractors have vastly different motives. As he struggles to adjust to a more corporate, profit-driven version of the work that had been his life, he stumbles across an intelligence anomaly--the transcript of a phone conversation about the fastest ways to upend the delicate political balance keeping India and Pakistan from all-out war"--
Item Description:Map on inside covers.
Physical Description:419 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780399165719
0399165711
Author Notes:Matthew Palmer, author of The American Mission , is a twenty-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, currently serving as the director of Multilateral Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Asian and Pacific Affairs. A life member of the Council of Foreign Relations, Matt has worked as a diplomat all over the world. While on the secretary of state's Policy Planning staff, Matt helped design and implement the Kimberly Process for certifying African diamonds as "conflict free."