U.S.Ambassador To Colombia Diego Asencio, Held By Rebels, Signed Tell-All 1983

Author was US ambassador to Columbia.

The ambassador was held as s hostage for 61 days at the hands of Dominican terrorists in 1980.

On February 27, 1980 during the reception honoring Dominican Independence Day, revolutionaries took over the embassy of the Dominican republic in Bogotá, and held 15 ambassadors hostage including the US ambassador to Colombia Diego Ascencio.

Asencio inscribed this copy to a student of South American politics.

The inscription reads “In gratitude for an opportunity to chat about my favorite subject. Diego C. Asencio.”

Book was published by Atlantic Monthly Press through Little Brown and Company and this is a first edition.

Condition: very good. Red cloth hardback book is clean and tight. Dust jacket shows some wear. There is a crease along the bottom edge of the front cover.

AI :

This book, "Our Man Is Inside" by Nancy Asencio and Diego Asencio, tells the gripping true story of U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Diego Asencio's kidnapping by rebels in 1980s Bogota. The 288-page hardcover biography, published by Little, Brown & Company in 1983 and signed by the anbassador, is a must-read for adults interested in international relations and political science.

The narrative, which is nonfiction, offers a unique perspective on the era and its politics and society.