Proud Servant by Ellis Briggs - 9780873385886

Kent State University Press

Proud ServantThe Memoirs of a Career Ambassador\nAuthor(s): Ellis Briggs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780873385886, 978-0873385886\nSynopsis\nEllis O. Briggs [tel] entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 1925. During the next 37 years he was ambassador to seven countries; the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia, Korea, Peru, Brazil, and Greece. An eighth appointment, to Spain, was cancelled when he retired due to illness. He also served in Cuba, Chile, Liberia, and China. His memoirs are an exuberant record of a gifted diplomat. Briggs reached the highest rank attainable in the Foreign ServiceCareer Ambassadorand received the Medal of Freedom from President Eisenhower for his service in wartime Korea. He gained a reputation for successfully handling large diplomatic missions and dealing with difficult situations. But his greatest virtue was his honesty, his passion to repo.