George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign Policy

By James A. Bill

Book Overview

George Ball---undersecretary of state, diplomat, and respected "wise man"---wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than four decades. In this eloquent biography, James A. Bill tells the story of a man whose experiences, ideas, and courageous opposition within the political system reveal much about the inner workings of foreign policy and about the practice of prudent and moral statesmanship in the twentieth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076460
• ISBN13: 9780300076462
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This book gives an interesting account of the Ball family.

I read this book just for the curiosity on the two sons by adoption of George W. Ball. Lt. John C. Ball was my Officer in charge when I was in the Army at Kagnew Station in Eritrea (Ethiopia then) in 1964. I remember John C. Ball as not like the typical officers in the army.