Miller, Robert H.
Ambassador Miller’s early diplomatic career involved him in the NATO buildup in Europe, presidential travel and summitry, and the Congo crisis of the early 1960s. Later, post-Vietnam, in addition to his ambassadorships in Kuala Lumpur and Abidjan, he held senior policy and management positions in the State Department and served as vice president of the National Defense University. Since retiring, he has taught at Georgetown and George Washington universities and lectured in a number of East Asian countries. He is the author of The United States and Vietnam, 1787–1941, Inside an Embassy: The Political Role of Diplomats Abroad, and articles on Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Robert Hopkins Miller’s forty-year Foreign Service career, from 1951 to 1991, spanned virtually the entire Cold War. Miller worked on America’s unsuccessful Vietnam venture and its aftermath for nearly one-third of his career, and this account demonstrates his exceptional “hands-on” knowledge and his own critical evolution. The Vietnam War of...