Life as a Foreign Service spouse is constantly evolving, particularly for Foreign Service wives. While the State Department is now…
Joys and Perils of Living Abroad: Memoirs of a Foreign Service Family
Diego Asencio met Nancy Rodriguez in 1951, and the young couple married in 1953. Diego entered the U.S Foreign Service…
Arias, Cabalettas, and Foreign Affairs
A lifelong lover of opera and classical music, Hans N. “Tom” Tuch served 35 years in the United States Foreign…
Queer Diplomacy: A Transgender Journey in the Foreign Service
Join Robyn McCutcheon, an out and proud transgender woman, on her journey as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of…
Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service
Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service, published by the University of…
Eye on the World: A Life in International Service
Eye on the World is the autobiography of diplomat Anthony C. E. Quainton, the story of a long and varied…
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…
A Professional Foreigner
In A Professional Foreigner (Potomac Books/U of Nebraska Press), volume #74 in the Diplomats and Diplomacy Series, Ambassador Edward Marks…
The American Consul: A History of the United States Consular Service, 1776-1924
As a British colony Americans relied on the far-flung British consular system to take care of their sailors and merchants.…
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,…