 | Our Man in Moscow: A Diplomat''s Reflections on the Soviet Union Subjects: Soviet Union -- Politics and government 1945; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945; Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1945; Ford R. A. D. 1915; Robert A.D. Ford is the only Western diplomat to have known and dealt with all the Soviet leaders from the end of the Second World War to the present. In this memoir he offers a unique perspective on post-war Soviet politics and Russian life. Ford Robert : Robert A.D. Ford (1915-1998) was a diplomat and poet. Ford joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940 and in 1946 was second secretary in the Canadian embassy in Moscow, where he spent much of his career in various positions, including ambassador (1964-80). Other postings included Yugoslavia and the United Arab Republic. |
