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A 224 page trade paperback recounting the career of Marshall Green, among whose assignments was an Assistant Secretary of State, & Ambassador to Indonesia & Australia. Green was deeply involved with making & implementing U.S. relations with Asian countries for more than 30 years from the end of World War II through the reestablishment of relations with China. He has written about his career with candor & the humor & puns for which he is widely known. Profusely illustrated with photographs & copies of historic documents. For example, subject areas include life in Tokyo just before the outbreak of World War II, political upheavals & riots in Korea in 1960-61; the abortive communist attempt to overthrow the Indonesian government in 1965; the precursors & repercussions of the visit of President Nixon to China in 1972, the improvement of strained relationships with Australia from 1973 to 1975, & a discussion of U.S. attempts to control rampant population growth in less developed countries from 1975 to 1990, along with many other historic events relating to U.S. relations with the Pacific rim countries.