Terrorism, Betrayal & Resilience; My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings
Lincoln, NE: Potomac Books (An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press), 2018. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 246, [8] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This is one of the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. Association of Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) and DACOR creates this series in 1995. This is the sixty-fifth volume in this series. Prudence Bushnell (born 1946) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Kenya and as United States Ambassador to Guatemala. In 1993, Ambassador Moose was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs by President Bill Clinton. Bushnell remained Deputy Assistant Secretary until being nominated by President Clinton to serve as Ambassador to Kenya in 1996. Upon confirmation by the United States Senate, Bushnell took up residence in Nairobi. Bushnell used her office to push Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to institute democratic reforms and to root out corruption in his government, a major drag on Kenya's economy. At the time of the bombing, Bushnell was attending a meeting with the Kenyan Trade Minister, Joseph J. Kamotho in the Cooperative Bank Building next to the embassy. She was knocked unconscious by the blast and badly cut by flying glass. Ultimately, 12 embassy staff were killed along with 212 Kenyans and 4,000 people were injured. Prudence Bushnell, then the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, bore witness to the al-Qaeda bombings of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. She saw how these events unfolded and faded into history’s background firsthand. In her compelling new memoir, Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience: My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings, Bushnell shares what transpired on that fateful day. She also probes why the bombings were possible, considering contemporary U.S. surveillance of al-Qaeda. Looking ahead, Bushnell also explores how today’s leaders can sidestep their predecessors’ miscalculations and prevent similar tragedies. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Terrorism, Embassy Bombings, Al Qaeda, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Ambassador, Diplomacy, bin Laden, Richard Buckley, Foreign Service, Mohammad Ali, State Department
ISBN: 9781640121010
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