In 1989, French counterintelligence agents watched Felix Bloch as he dined in Paris with known Soviet spy “Pierre Bart.” Bloch…
An Espionage Caper in Ghana; Helping Americans Escape Rwanda — Scenes From a Diplomatic Life
Arlene Render’s career took her from a segregated neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, to three ambassadorships and a lifetime of diplomatic…
War of the Waves: Combating Espionage in Embassy Moscow
U.S. relations with Moscow through the decades have been problematic at best while the embassy itself has been the subject…
Come Spy with Me: Cold War Espionage Against China
Intelligence services spend a great deal of time trying to recruit new assets, spies who have access to sensitive information…
French Covert Action in the American Revolution
U.S. intelligence specialist James Potts tells the story of how covert French military aid changed the course of history by…
Echoes of a Distant Clarion
The life story of John Kormann, an adventurous diplomat, soldier, and intelligence officer, offers an inside view of significant events…
Mississippi
Contributions by Mississippians in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Mississippi have made important contributions to America’s…
Ohio
Contributions by Ohioans in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Ohio have made important contributions to America’s…
Michigan
Contributions by Michiganders in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Michigan have made important contributions to America’s…
State Department Response to the Holocaust—Jewish Refugees and Attempts to Enter the United States during WWII
In 1938, in the shadow of the Great Depression came rumblings from Europe of a great war and with it…