Foreign Service officers are trained to handle and adapt to any number of highly dangerous situations. One such situation is…
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In April and May of 1958, Indonesia went through a period of rebellion, as discontent on the peripheral islands, like…
Navigating an Attempted Coup in the Central African Republic
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Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service
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Memoirs of a Foreign Service Arabist
Dick Parker was renowned in the State Department for his dry acerbic wit. From his early youth on U.S. Cavalry posts…
Paying Calls in Shangri-La: Scenes from a Woman’s Life in American Diplomacy
Judy Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta at his American Embassy post,…