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020			_a978-1-5320-0968-6
100			_aRichard H. Shriver _918289
245			_aGlimpses of an Uncharted Life
260			_aBloomington, IN USA _biUniverse _c2017
300			_a320 pages
500			_aAt forty-three years old, during the height of the Cold War, author Richard H. Shriver was offered an appointment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as director of telecommunications and command-and-control systems. He had a long-standing desire to see from the inside how the government functioned. So Shriver sold his interest in a successful company and took the plunge. In Glimpses of an Uncharted Life, he shares the consequences of that decision and what life was like from that point. Shriver presents a collection of stories in three parts. The first section, "Foreign Affairs," starts with the beginning of the end of the Cold War. The second section, "Domestic Affairs," narrates his experiences with the federal government and offers observations about government in his state of Connecticut. The final section, "Tapering Off," tells what happens when a calendar that was full for more than fifty years suddenly goes blank. A book of reminisces and reflections, Glimpses of an Uncharted Life shares what Shriver and his wife, Barbara, gleaned from living overseas for fifteen years and what they learned about
610			_aECLA _918290
648			_aCold War, Soviet Era, Post-soviet Era _918291
650			_adomestic affairs, international conflict, post conflict governments and societies, stabilization _918292
651			_aEastern Europe, Baltic States, Soviet Union, USA, Europe _918293
655			_amemoir _918294
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