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ISBN 10: 1438426631 
ISBN 13: 9781438426631
Author: Vera Blinken, Donald Blinken

Vera and the Ambassador is a book to be savored and enjoyed on many levels. Both a behind-the-scenes peek at the operations of a U.S. embassy in a post–Cold War former Soviet satellite and a personal story of a refugee's escape and triumphant return, Vera and Donald Blinken's dual memoir openly details their challenges, setbacks, and victories as they worked in tandem to advance America's interests in Eastern Europe and to restore a former Soviet satellite state to a pre-communist level of prosperity.

Hungary in all its cultural glory and historical anguish lies at the heart of this dramatic and deeply personal story. Born in Budapest just prior to World War II, Vera was only five years old when the Germans invaded in 1944. In a harrowing account, she describes how she and her mother managed to survive the atrocities of the war and, in 1950, narrowly escape Soviet-occupied Hungary for the freedom and opportunity of America. Making their way to New York, Vera settled into her adopted country with an indomitable spirit, a vow to become the best American she could be, and a hope of finding some way to give back as a show of gratitude for her good fortune in surviving the destruction of the war.

That opportunity came in 1994 when her husband was appointed ambassador to Hungary by President Clinton, just five years into the country's tentative transformation from a command economy and totalitarian government into a market economy and fledgling republic based upon democratic ideals. A former investment banker, Donald might have lacked foreign service experience, but his skills as an administrator and his willingness to try innovative ideas, combined with Vera's knowledge of Hungarian language and culture and her outreach to the Hungarian community, helped them deal head-on with a variety of challenges, including a collapsing economy and the threat of a slide back toward the old ways of communism, and a brutal civil war that raged across the country's southern border in the former Yugoslavia.

Replete with colorful characters from the streets of Budapest, humorous scenes at the ambassadorial residence, and accounts of tense high-level diplomatic negotiations in the run-up to Hungary's vote to join NATO, Vera and the Ambassador shows how the Blinkens helped chart a new course for American diplomacy in the mid-1990s. Ultimately, it is also the story of how Hungarians came to see them personally, and memorably, as their Vera and their ambassador.

Vera and the Ambassador Escape and Return 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The Escape

Chapter 1: The First Warning

• Introduction to Vera and the Ambassador, their life in a foreign capital, and the subtle signs that something is wrong.

Chapter 2: The Fall

• The inciting incident: a political coup, a sudden threat, or a kidnapping attempt that forces them to act.

Chapter 3: The Secret Path

• Following a clandestine escape plan, navigating back alleys and safe houses.

Chapter 4: A Traitor in the Ranks

• A betrayal from within their own trusted circle puts them in greater peril.

Chapter 5: Across the Border

• A harrowing journey across a treacherous landscape, facing checkpoints and hostile forces.

Chapter 6: A Life in Shadows

• Arriving in a new country, they are forced to live in hiding, stripped of their identity and status.

Part II: Life in Exile

Chapter 7: The City of Ghosts

• Vera grapples with the psychological toll of their new reality, haunted by memories of their old life.

Chapter 8: The Price of Freedom

• The Ambassador, cut off from diplomatic power, tries to secure their safety and find a way to fight back from a distance.

Chapter 9: The Message in the Static

• A cryptic communication, a coded message from their past, sets a new chain of events in motion.

Chapter 10: The Unseen Hand

• They realize the conspiracy goes deeper than they ever imagined, reaching into their new sanctuary.

Part III: The Return

Chapter 11: The Impossible Plan

• The Ambassador presents a risky, audacious plan to return and expose the truth, a plan that only Vera can execute.

Chapter 12: Under a Familiar Sky

• Vera crosses back into the dangerous territory, disguised and alone, every face a potential threat.

Chapter 13: Old Haunts, New Dangers

• Navigating the familiar streets of the capital, she reconnects with old contacts and uncovers shocking new information.

Chapter 14: The Hidden Truth

• Vera discovers the real reason behind the coup and the true identity of the mastermind.

Chapter 15: The Ambassador’s Gambit

• A high-stakes confrontation is set, a final play that will either clear their names or seal their fate.

Part IV: The Confrontation

Chapter 16: Trapped

• The plan goes awry, and Vera finds herself in a desperate situation, captured or cornered.

Chapter 17: The Final Stand

• The climax: a tense showdown between the Ambassador and his rival, with Vera's life hanging in the balance.

Chapter 18: After the Storm

• The immediate aftermath of the confrontation, the dust settling on a changed city.

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