Retief at Large - Retief, Bk 9 Author:Keith Laumer Cosmic diplomacy and Machiavellian intrigue. — The official accounts of Terra's efforts in the field of interstellar diplomacy during the 29th century are available for the dialing to anyone willing to pour through the records of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne. — For those of sufficient discernment, however, it will be evident that the C... more »orps records, incredibly voluminous though they may be, failed to tell the whole truth- indeed to some degree must obscure it. Surely if it had been guarded solely by the efforts of such persons as Ambassadors Magnan, Thunderstroke and Grossblunder, Terra's Sphere of Influence would have crumpled instantly before the diplomatic assaults of the Groaci. That it did not demonstrates that other factors were at work.
One factor was a career diplomat name James Retief. Contained here are several accounts of his achievements, illustrating how a few able men were able to save the galaxy for Man.« less