\u00deegar hann kvaddi \u00cdsland 1985 lauk um lei\u00f0 30 \u00e1ra ferli \u00ed bandar\u00edsku utanr\u00edkis\u00fej\u00f3nustunni. Marshall var \u201cstrategiskur\u201d hugsu\u00f0ur, sem fjalla\u00f0i um al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0am\u00e1l af \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0u. S\u00e9rgreinar hans voru Sov\u00e9tr\u00edkin og K\u00edna (enda tala\u00f0i hann b\u00e6\u00f0i r\u00fassnesku og mandar\u00edsku), \u00fe\u00f3tt eftirl\u00e6ti hans v\u00e6ri Su\u00f0austur-As\u00eda. Eftir a\u00f0 hafa starfa\u00f0 \u00ed utanr\u00edkis\u00fej\u00f3nustu landsins \u00ed Hong Kong, Singapore, Ind\u00f3nes\u00edu og Vietnam, var\u00f0 hann stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0gjafi vi\u00f0 sendir\u00e1\u00f0 Bandar\u00edkjanna \u00ed Moskvu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Marshall starfa\u00f0i vi\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar\u00f6ryggisr\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 sem r\u00e1\u00f0gjafi Carters forseta um m\u00e1lefni Sov\u00e9tr\u00edkjanna og \u00fej\u00f3na\u00f0i sem ma\u00f0ur n\u00famer tv\u00f6 sem sendima\u00f0ur Bandar\u00edkjastj\u00f3rnar hj\u00e1 Sameinu\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0unum. Marshall var gy\u00f0ingur og rakti \u00e6ttir s\u00ednar til Mi\u00f0- og Austur-Evr\u00f3pu. Svo sem h\u00e6fir sl\u00edkum manni var hann fj\u00f6ltyngdur. Fyrir utan hebresku haf\u00f0i hann fr\u00f6nsku og sp\u00e6nsku \u00e1 valdi s\u00ednu. Sem sendiherra \u00e1 \u00cdslandi f\u00f3r Marshall l\u00e9tt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 flytja hnyttnar samkv\u00e6misr\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00edslensku. Hann var a\u00f0 upplagi fr\u00e6\u00f0ima\u00f0ur, m\u00e1lv\u00edsindama\u00f0ur og sk\u00e1ld, sem haf\u00f0i \u00feann starfa a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 skilja heiminn.<\/p>\n
Sendiherrar eru sem kunnugt er ekki nema h\u00e1lfir menn nema \u00feeir hafi s\u00e9r vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 maka, sem b\u00e6ta \u00fe\u00e1 upp. Kona Marshalls \u00ed 35 \u00e1r, Pamela Sanders, var sj\u00e1lf rith\u00f6fundur og l\u00edfsk\u00fanstner, sem gaf fundum og samkv\u00e6mum sendiherrahj\u00f3nanna l\u00edf og lit. Sameiginlega h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00feau hj\u00f3n \u00f3svikinn \u00e1huga \u00e1 \u00edslensku \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0l\u00edfi og menningu og ger\u00f0u s\u00e9r far um a\u00f0 kynnast m\u00f6nnum og m\u00e1lefnum, \u00e1n nokkurra p\u00f3lit\u00edskra ford\u00f3ma. \u00dea\u00f0 hefur l\u00f6ngum veri\u00f0 plagsi\u00f0ur bandar\u00edskra sendimanna a\u00f0 tala helst ekki vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ra en \u201cinnv\u00edg\u00f0a og innm\u00fara\u00f0a\u201d sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ismenn \u00ed fj\u00e1r\u00f6flunarnefnd og vi\u00f0skiptar\u00e1\u00f0i Flokksins. \u00c6tli honum hafi ekki lei\u00f0st svolei\u00f0is f\u00e9lagsskapur?<\/p>\n
Alla vega v\u00edla\u00f0i hann ekki fyrir s\u00e9r a\u00f0 forvitnast um vinstri\u00f0 og tala vi\u00f0 fulltr\u00faa sl\u00edkra vi\u00f0horfa \u00ed p\u00f3lit\u00edk og menningu. Einhvern t\u00edma \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rum st\u00f3\u00f0um vi\u00f0 \u00e1samt fleiri vinstrim\u00f6nnum \u00ed m\u00f3tm\u00e6lavar\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u fyrir utan bandar\u00edska sendir\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Lauf\u00e1sveg. Tilefni\u00f0 var a\u00f0 dau\u00f0asveitir h\u00e6gri\u00f6fgamanna \u00ed El Salvador, fj\u00e1rmagna\u00f0ar og vopna\u00f0ar af Reagan-stj\u00f3rninni, h\u00f6f\u00f0u myrt forst\u00f6\u00f0ukonu mannr\u00e9ttindanefndar El Salvador. H\u00fan haf\u00f0i sk\u00f6mmu \u00e1\u00f0ur veri\u00f0 gestur jafna\u00f0armanna \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum, \u00fear sem h\u00fan leita\u00f0i li\u00f0sinnis. \u00dear sem vi\u00f0 st\u00f3\u00f0um \u00fearna br\u00e1 fyrir \u00e1s\u00fdnd sendiherrans, \u00fear sem hann st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e1 tali vi\u00f0 ritstj\u00f3ra \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0viljans, \u00c1rna Bergmann. \u00deeim \u00c1rna og Lenu og Marshall var vel til vina. \u00c6tli \u00feeir hafi ekki veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 halda upp \u00e1 afm\u00e6li P\u00faskins?<\/p>\n
Eftir a\u00f0 Marshall l\u00e9t af st\u00f6rfum \u00ed utanr\u00edkis\u00fej\u00f3nustunni ger\u00f0ist hann fr\u00e6\u00f0a\u00feulur og rith\u00f6fundur. Hann kenndi vi\u00f0 Naval War College \u00ed New Port, Rhode Island, \u00fear sem hann veitti forst\u00f6\u00f0u ranns\u00f3knarstofnun, sem r\u00e1\u00f0lag\u00f0i yfirv\u00f6ldum bandar\u00edska flotans. Um skei\u00f0 var hann einn af forst\u00f6\u00f0um\u00f6nnum ranns\u00f3knarstofnunar, sem kennd er vi\u00f0 George C. Marshall, utanr\u00edkisr\u00e1\u00f0herra (sem Marshall-\u00e1\u00e6tlunin er kennd vi\u00f0), \u00ed Garmisch-Partenkirchen \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi. \u00deessi stofnun bau\u00f0 m.a. upp \u00e1 a\u00f0sto\u00f0 vi\u00f0 stofnanauppbyggingu l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0is \u00ed hinum n\u00fdfrj\u00e1lsu r\u00edkjum Mi\u00f0- og Austur Evr\u00f3pu. Seinustu \u00e1rin gegndi Marshall starfi pr\u00f3fessors \u00ed al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0am\u00e1lum vi\u00f0 University of Virginia. \u00deetta var \u00e1 Washington \u00e1rum okkar. \u00de\u00e1 l\u00e1gu lei\u00f0ir okkar saman \u00e1 n\u00fd, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Marshall og Pamela h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1 sest a\u00f0 \u00ed Middleburgh, VA., sem er s\u00f6gufr\u00e6gt \u00feorp \u00far Borgarastyrj\u00f6ldinni, ekki fjarri Washington D.C. \u00dea\u00f0 voru einatt fagna\u00f0arfundir.<\/p>\n
\u00c1ri\u00f0 1990, \u00e1ri fyrir hrun Sov\u00e9tr\u00edkjanna, sendi Marshall fr\u00e1 s\u00e9r merka b\u00f3k: Reaching out to Moscow: From Confrontation to Cooperation. \u00cd \u00feessari b\u00f3k br\u00fdndi Marshall \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir forystum\u00f6nnum Bandar\u00edkjanna a\u00f0 leggja R\u00fasslandi li\u00f0 vi\u00f0 uppbyggingu l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0is og marka\u00f0sb\u00faskapar undir l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0islegri stj\u00f3rn. Heimurinn liti betur \u00fat \u00ed dag ef fari\u00f0 hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 hans r\u00e1\u00f0um. \u00c1ri\u00f0 2006 gaf Marshall \u00fat sk\u00e1lds\u00f6gu, Day of the Dead. B\u00f3kin er bygg\u00f0 \u00e1 pers\u00f3nulegri reynslu hans sj\u00e1lfs \u00far Vietnamstr\u00ed\u00f0inu og afhj\u00fapar \u00e1byrg\u00f0 Bandar\u00edkjamanna \u00e1 mor\u00f0inu \u00e1 Ngo Dinh Diem, forseta Su\u00f0ur-Vietnams. Sj\u00e1lfur sag\u00f0i Marshall \u00ed m\u00edn eyru a\u00f0 honum \u00fe\u00e6tti v\u00e6nst um \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingar s\u00ednar \u00ed tveimur bindum \u00e1 \u00edslenskum lj\u00f3\u00f0um, sem voru \u00e1v\u00f6xtur n\u00e1inna kynna hans af \u00edslensku lista- og menningarl\u00edfi.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 sendum Pamelu og fj\u00f6lskyldu \u00feeirra Marshalls sam\u00fa\u00f0arkve\u00f0jur, um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 minnumst eftirminnilegs vinar me\u00f0 vir\u00f0ingu og \u00fe\u00f6kk fyrir gefandi kynni.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marshall Brement, sendiherra Bandar\u00edkjanna \u00e1 \u00cdslandi (1981-85), var enginn venjulegur kerfiskall. \u00cd samanbur\u00f0i vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 kollega hans, bandar\u00edska, sem hafa til si\u00f0s a\u00f0 kaupa s\u00e9r sendiherraemb\u00e6tti \u00ed fjarl\u00e6gum l\u00f6ndum fyrir framl\u00f6g \u00ed kosningasj\u00f3\u00f0i, vitandi varla hvar \u00feeir eru staddir \u00e1 landakortinu, var Marshall hinn \u00fatvaldi atvinnuma\u00f0ur. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}