Nothing is impossible : America's reconciliation with Vietnam
"Today Vietnam is one of America's strongest international partners, with a thriving economy and a population that welcomes American visitors. How that relationship was formed is a twenty-year story of daring diplomacy and a careful thawing of tensions between the two countries after a lengthy war that cost nearly 60,000 American and more than two million Vietnamese lives. Ted Osius, former ambassador during the Obama Administration, offers a vivid account, starting in the 1990s, of the various forms of diplomacy that made this reconciliation possible. He considers the leaders who put aside past traumas to work on creating a brighter future, including senators John McCain and John Kerry, two Vietnam veterans and ideological opponents who set aside their differences for a greater cause, and Pete Peterson-the former POW who became the first U.S. ambassador to a new Vietnam. Osius also draws upon his own experiences working first-hand with various Vietnamese leaders and traveling the country on bicycle to spotlight the ordinary Vietnamese people who have helped bring about their nation's extraordinary renaissance. With a foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry, Nothing is Impossible tells an inspiring story of how international diplomacy can create a better world"-- Includes bibliographical references and index. xxvii, 319 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Kerry, John, 1943-
- Osius, Ted,
- NIOD Bibliotheek
- autobiographies (literary works)
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- Ambassadors--Vietnam--Biography.
- Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-
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- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam.
- Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States.
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