Fidel Castro described Ambassador John Ferch as "very intelligent but dangerous." "Ferch, tell the American people that I'm serious " he insisted. The ambassador was given messages to take back to Washington: "Ferch, the Comandante (Fidel) wants you to tell the President that we are revolutionaries not narcotraficantes " "Mr. Ambassador, you've got to stop him (the Honduran president) " "Scatter my ashes upon the River Plate as a pox forever upon Argentina " And so run the misconceptions of American diplomatic power depicted in this hilarious, and sometimes serious, recounting of 30 years in...