{"product_id":"9780615318899","title":"Encounters","description":"\"What a story, told with verve, insight, and a sense of history! I suspect it of being a classic.\" Mark Peattie, Stanford University.\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most fascinating and unusual memoirs I have ever read.\" Doug Merwin, MerwinAsia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA carefree child of expatriate parents at age 10, a prisoner of the Japanese at 16, a valued source of intelligence to the U.S. military at 19, and a fervent advocate of public diplomacy throughout his long career as a Foreign Service Officer, Clifton Forster spent his life crossing and recrossing frontiers, determined to use dialogue, not conflict, to solve differences between nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, a year after her husband's death, Nancy Forster began to sort through the wealth of papers Cliff had tucked away in a Japanese tea chest, and to reexamine her own memories and writings from nearly 60 years of shared international adventures. Her compelling memoir could serve as a blueprint for a U.S. government newly dedicated to building bridges across frontiers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wind Shadow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49895960117488,"sku":"9780615318899","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615318899_p0.jpg?v=1784233000","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615318899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}