With a presidential visit comes months of preparation and stress. While big embassies with hundreds of staff members are often…

With a presidential visit comes months of preparation and stress. While big embassies with hundreds of staff members are often…
The “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom has served to unite the two nations over the…
When the First Lady of the United States comes to town, it requires almost as much planning and fanfare as…
In 1969, Colonel Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry (seen right), who three years earlier had graduated from the United States Army Command…
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was the first meeting between President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev to talk about the arms…
When President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981, chaos ensued behind the scenes at the White House. With…
Back to Memoirs and Occasional Papers The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthrough:The Treaty Eliminating Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (INF) Missiles This is…
Foreign service officers are often subject to circumstances beyond their control. Such was the case when a diplomatic quarrel occurred…
Diplomatic history is a fascinating field full of peace conferences, negotiations, and summits; but it also includes dozens of other…
Next to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, the Iranian seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 and…