{"id":7961,"date":"2014-10-12T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T08:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/?p=7961"},"modified":"2014-10-12T10:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T08:18:40","slug":"lu-rudel-memoirs-of-an-agent-for-change-in-international-development-my-flight-path-into-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/?p=7961","title":{"rendered":"Lu Rudel: Memoirs of an Agent for Change in International Development; My Flight Path into the 21st Century."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am happy to report to you that the book, over which I have been laboring for the past three years, has finally come off the press.\u00a0 The title is, “Memoirs of an Agent for Change in International Development; My Flight Path into the 21st Century.”<\/p>\n

The book has been selected for inclusion in the “Memoirs and Occasional Papers” series by The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.\u00a0 You can find it on their website, (www.ADST.org<\/strong>)<\/a>.\u00a0 Here is the link:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/adst.org\/publications\/memoirs-and-occasional-papers\/memoirs-of-an-agent-for-change-in-international-development\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The printed version is listed for purchase on Amazon as well.\u00a0 Additionally, it is available for downloading at Amazon as an e-book for the Kindle – at the modest price of $3.08.<\/p>\n

This short description of the book’s contents appears on the back of the book cover: “Lu Rudel describes his unique experiences with US foreign economic aid programs during some of the most dramatic international events since World War II. These include Iran after the fall of Mosaddegh (1956-1960); Turkey after the military coup of 1960 to the start of the Cuba Missile crisis; India after the death of Nehru (1965-1970); and Pakistan following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988.\u00a0 Rudel\u2019s firsthand observations on Iran differ markedly from the description of events commonly espoused by some historians and journalists.”He also provides a firsthand account of the political metamorphosis over the past half-century of the \u201cGroup of 77\u201d nations as they attempted to employ the UN\u2019s economic development agencies to press for a \u201cNew International Economic Order.\u201d These experiences lead him to draw important lessons about the conduct and effectiveness of foreign aid.”After retirement in 1980 he launched a second career, applying lessons learned from his work in international development to creation of a thousand-acre land development and resort in rural Appalachia.\u00a0 His experiences over the following thirty years as an entrepreneur track the relentless growth of government regulations and the disappearance of community support institutions such as local banks, now being replaced by mega-banks.”Finally, he examines global trends of the past eighty years in four critical areas of change affecting our lives \u2013 population growth, science and technology, economic systems, and political structures \u2013 to draw some surprising conclusions and projections.”<\/p>\n

I have placed a selection of photos on the web to complement the chapters of the book.\u00a0 The photos can be accessed by a link on the web site. (www.rudel.net<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

I enjoyed writing these stories dealing with my two careers.\u00a0 You will have to decide if they make good reading.\u00a0\u00a0 A second, companion volume dealing with the more personal aspects of our family life is approaching completion.\u00a0 I’ll let you know when that volume becomes available.<\/p>\n

Lu Rudel, Bethesda, MD, October 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am happy to report to you that the book, over which I have been laboring for the past three years, has finally come off the press.\u00a0 The title is, “Memoirs of an Agent for Change in International Development; My Flight Path into the 21st Century.” The book has been selected for inclusion in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7961"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ehpes.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}