Diplomatic Dan
| Diplomatic Dan | |
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| Author | Dan Raschen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autobiography |
| Publisher | The Book Guild Limited |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 272 pages |
| ISBN | 1-85776-266-5 |
| OCLC | 38924707 |
| Preceded by | Don't Step on a Stonefish! |
Diplomatic Dan is the fourth volume of autobiography by Dan Raschen. It covers the period 1969 to 1973.
Home again, Dan was an ammunition instructor before returning to Cambridge to command the University Officers' Training Corps. His second command was of a Royal Engineers regiment in Germany. When, in 1970, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Raschen is posted to Stockholm as Military Attaché for three years he claims it must be because the British Army can't think of anything else to do with him.
The book illuminates the little-known world of military diplomacy. The varied and sometimes bizarre exploits he describes show how unusual it can be for an officer to serve Queen and country.
In the foreword to the book, General Sir Jeremy Blacker KCB, CBE writes:
| “ | Although it records the experiences of one attaché in one set of circumstances, the events described are of wider interest and in most cases typical of attaché life, while Dan's lively and original view of them imparts a distinctive and invariably amusing spin. | ” |
Other books by Dan Raschen
- Wrong Again Dan! (1983)
- Send Port & Pyjamas! (1987)
- Don't Step on a Stonefish! (1993)
- Sam’s Soldiering (editor, 2000)
External links
- Brittisk militärattaché berättar (A military attaché speaks out)
- Personhistoriskt roande attachérapport (Entertaining attaché report)