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733 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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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
In a new memoir, the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, whose life and work have taught her the precariousnes of democracy as well as the dangers of corruption, details her involvement in Trump's impeachment inquiry and her response to his smear campaign
"Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when she was targeted by a smear campaign. When Yovanovitch was abruptly recalled from her post and Ukraine's democratically elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, found himself set upon by Donald Trump, it became clear how dangerously close to the edge American itself had strayed. Through it all, Yovanovitch advocated for the Ukrainian people while advancing U.S. interests and staying true to herself. She has reclaimed her narrative with this dramatic sage of one woman's role at the vanguard of American foreign policy during a time of upheaval"--