Economics and Diplomacy: A Life in the Foreign Service of the United States

Deane Hinton's memoir presents a reliable firsthand account of the development of U.S. strategic economic policy and the new institutions that became the framework for trade, aid, economic growth, and monetary policy. Throughout the Cold War, Hinton was one of a handful of economic specialists to serve in high policy positions. An expert in the European Common Market, he added expertise in development issues and in politics as he rose to the top of the Foreign Service. The book recounts Hin...