Mission to Oslo: Dancing with the Queen, Dealmaking with the Russians, Shaping History

Mission to Oslo is a rollicking tale of the true adventures of President Bill Clinton's ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway: Tom Loftus grandson of Norwegian immigrants and former Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly.

Told with wit and wry humor the memoir covers 1993 to 1998 the momentous years of the first Clinton administration. It was a time of historic change after the end of the Cold War with policies adopted that are still debated today: the building of relations with a fledgling Russian...