| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 319 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword / by John Kerry -- Preface : Biên Hòa Cemetery -- An improbable friendship -- A time to heal and a time to build -- The story of Pete Peterson -- David and Goliath -- Legacies of war -- Think unthinkable thoughts -- Diplomacy on a bicycle seat -- Châu, Khié̂t, and the students of Vietnam -- China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- The Communist Party -- The Notorious RBG -- A new journey -- A new President -- Ditches and tree roots -- Epilogue : Reconciliation |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Osius, Ted.
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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography
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Ambassadors -- Vietnam -- Biography
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Ambassadors
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
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Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
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| Subject |
United States
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Vietnam
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kerry, John, 1943- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
1978825196 |
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9781978825192 |
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9781978825178 |
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197882517X |
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