Paying Calls in Shangri-La
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Paying Calls in Shangri-La
Scenes from a Woman’s Life in American Diplomacy
JUDITH M. HEIMANN
AN ADST-DACOR DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMACY BOOK
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
ATHENS
Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701
Copyright © 2016 by Judith M. Heimann
All rights reserved
The views and opinions in this book are solely those of the author and not necessarily those of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, DACOR, Inc., or the Government of the United States.
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Except where otherwise noted, all photographs are from the author’s private collection.
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Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Heimann, Judith M., author.
Title: Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman’s life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.
Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2016. | Series: An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016024896| ISBN 9780821422328 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780821422335 (paperback : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780821445785 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Heimann, Judith M. | Women diplomats–United States–Biography. | Diplomats–United States–Biography. | Diplomats’ spouses–United States–Biography. | Diplomacy–Social aspects–History–20th century. | United States. Foreign Service–Officials and employees–Biography. | United States–Foreign relations–1945–1989. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
Classification: LCC E840.8.H436 A3 2016 | DDC 327.730092 [B] –dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016024896
Dedicated to my late husband, my son, my grandson, my daughter and daughter-in-law, and all daughters finding their way in an ever-new world
All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
—E. B. White
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