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Soldier To Ambassador: D-day Normandy Landing To The Persian Gulf War - A Memoir Odyssey

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This is a well written auto-biography of Dr. Charles Hostler who was the U.S. Ambassador to the State of Bahrain. Charles comes from humble origins and after serving in the US military and being part of the CIA eventually becomes an Ambassador. Charles is a kind, humble philanthropist and a personal friend. I have recommended or donated this book to various friends who were most impressed by his story. It is a wonderfully written book and an easy read because of its interesting content.
I highly recommend this book to anyone.

new | san diego state university press | Soldier to Ambassador: D-Day Normandy Landing to the Persian Gulf War | A Memoir Odyssey by Charles W. Hostler | ISBN: 1-879691-71-X | 2004 340 pp. | 80 plates | 60 color | 20 black & white | $25 | This exciting new memoir charts the remarkable life of Dr. Charles W. Hostler: hawking newspapers on San Francisco cable-cars; prowling Westwood as a UCLA undergraduate; road warrior for the California Highway Patrol; flyboy for the U.S. Army Air Corps, East Coast secret agent-trainee in the OSS (the precursor to the CIA); and colleague to real world "James Bonds" in England's MI6. All of these serving as mere pitstops in a singular odyssey that culminates with Hostler's appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain (1989-1993) and his doings during the Persian Gulf War. Hostler's memoir is lavishly illustrated with eighty selections from the author's extensive archive of photographs.