About the author
Tony Rossiter is a former diplomat, civil servant and international consultant. He has written books on subjects ranging from bestselling authors to management skills and village cricket, and columns for national magazines and newspapers. His main interests are writing, reading, cricket and country walking. Married with two children and two grandchildren, he lives in North Yorkshire. Tony spent six years as UK representative on one of the EU Council’s Working Groups and has worked extensively in Central and Eastern Europe.
Tony Rossiter’s latest book focusses on his years as a young diplomat in Moscow, Karachi and Buenos Aires.
From the introduction to Diplomatic Adventures:
Brezhnev was in charge when a young, green-as-grass diplomat arrived in Moscow in November 1968, three months after the Red Army had put an end to the Prague Spring. Western diplomats were kept under surveillance and their flats were bugged. Militiamen guarded the entrance to our block of flats and noted our comings and goings. We lived in a claustrophobic bubble.
Karachi could not have been more different: a quasi-colonial world of servants, snobby expatriates and diplomats who were not exactly la crѐme de la crѐme … and Pakistani troops in action against the ‘rebels’ in East Bengal. Then war broke out and … let’s just say it was not the Deputy High Commission’s finest hour.
We arrived in Buenos Aires shortly after Perón’s reinstatement as President. The Montoneros urban guerrillas were attacking Western targets and anti-communist death squads were beginning to target leftist politicians and their sympathisers. Argentine politics were volatile – and it was my job to make sense of them.
Those events of fifty years ago, which still have resonance today, are the main focus of the memoir. But I also include sketches from my early life and from a post-diplomatic career that stretched from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia to EU squabbles in Brussels and from unsung corners of Eastern Europe to a tin-roofed shack in Cameroon.
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Other books by Tony Rossiter
MANAGEMENT BASICS IN EASY STEPS (2019 – revised edition)
"There is no shortage of management books...but there are not many books by those who, like Tony Rossiter, have spent
their careers at the coalface - not researching or teaching, but dealing with the day-to-day issues
and problems faced by any manager. Drawing on more than 40 years' hands-on experience of management
in the UK and overseas, Tony provides tips covering the basic qualities and core competences which
any manager, working at any level in any organisation, needs. They are presented clearly and simply,
with a light touch, in plain, easy-to-read language." [From the Foreword by Martin Stanley, former
Chief Executive of the Competition Commission, Postal Services Commission and Better Regulation Executive]
You can order the book as a print copy book or an downloadable eBook .pdf.
Who hasn’t dreamt of writing a bestseller?
Illuminating the best-known works of 50 celebrated authors, writing coach
Tony Rossiter shows you exactly how they achieved their phenomenal
success. With an expert eye he explains how each author began writing,
and examines their style, techniques and routine for insights into their art.
Imitating the methods – rather than the content – of a favourite writer is an
excellent apprenticeship for anyone who wants to master the craft of
writing. And it’s how many of the most successful authors began.
If you
want to write a bestseller, this guide will set you on the path to success.
• Covers 50 authors in many different genres – everything from classics to
chick lit.
• Differs from other how-to writing books – it doesn’t tell you how to do
it; it shows you how others have done it.
• Not just for aspiring writers – ideal for anyone who wants insight into a
favourite author.
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EFFECTIVE BUSINESS WRITING IN EASY STEPS (2013)
This is the ideal book for anyone who needs guidance with writing in the workplace. Its clear, concise, easy-to-read style means that you’ll soon master the fundamental skills to communicate effectively in business. It covers the basic tools such as plain English, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar, and shows you how to put them all into practice when writing reports, letters, emails, memos, briefing notes, minutes, speeches and other business documents.
EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IN EASY STEPS (2013)
This easy-to-understand guide tells you everything you need to know. It highlights things to do and things to avoid doing, and includes many tricks of the trade learned by the author during his long experience of international negotiation. There are many different negotiating scenarios, from Brexit to sorting out a family problem, to negotiating a multi-million dollar contract for your company. The principles and practical advice given in this book apply to all of them.
Only a Bloody Game!
This hilarious, tongue-in-cheek look at the grassroots of village cricket is packed with yarns, jokes and excellent cartoons – perfect for anyone who loves to play, watch, listen or read about the game. “If Only a Bloody Game is anything to go by, those who play cricket – at any rate, those who play village cricket – have a lot of fun” – so says the well-loved star of TV comedy, Geoffrey Palmer, in his foreword to this collection of stories about real characters and incidents from the author’s long (but, by his own admission, undistinguished) career as a village cricketer.