A crisis between India and Pakistan erupted between November 1986 and March 1987 after India launched the largest-ever military exercise…
Modern Turkey’s History of Military Coups
The July 2016 attempted coup d’état in Turkey was the latest in a series of military interventions in the nation’s…
Windshield Tour of a Military Coup in Benin
The small Western African country of Benin (formerly Dahomey) has had a turbulent post-colonial history. Since gaining independence from the…
“Military overreach cannot be offset by diplomatic incapacity”
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the devastating “war to end all wars.” While…
Evacuating Rwanda in the Midst of Genocide The Foreign Service took Arlene Render from a segregated neighborhood in Cleveland to…
Connecticut
Contributions by Connecticuters in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Connecticut have made important contributions to America’s…
Memoirs of an Agent for Change in International Development
Lu Rudel describes his unique experiences with U.S. economic aid programs during some of the most dramatic international events since…
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…
Counterinsurgency in Eastern Afghanistan 2004-2008
After the 2001 ouster of the Taliban from Afghanistan, the United States and its allies found themselves in a country…
The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthrough
This is a collective memoir of yesteryear when the Cold War was still icy. The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthrough analyzes the limitation…