Walter Isaacson pays tribute to his favorite Doonesbury character, Uncle Duke.

Walter Isaacson pays tribute to his favorite Doonesbury character, Uncle Duke.

via Slate Magazine by Walter Isaacson on 10/27/10

Uncle Duke is my hero. He was able to make the move from journalism to diplomacy while maintaining continuity in his personal habits. I became an acolyte back when I was still a student. Uncle Duke was then serving as governor of American Samoa, and he got tapped by Ford and Kissinger to be ambassador to China. He uttered the classic line: "Those Chinese are an especially tricky people." With Honey as his translator, he navigates the shoals of geopolitics, Chairman Mao, and various manifestations of great disorder under heaven. (See the China strip here.)

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