Based on over forty years’ consideration of Vietnam’s history, the author aims (a) to put the Vietnam War within the…
In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1994), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of America’s foremost diplomats–from his…
Robert Hopkins Miller’s forty-year Foreign Service career, from 1951 to 1991, spanned virtually the entire Cold War. Miller worked on…
During a 37-year Foreign Service career, Terry McNamara had three postings in Vietnam—as provincial adviser with the CORDS program, first…
It was the end of a long, hard road. Although the Vietnam War had finally officially concluded, the Fall of…
Should the United States ever have gone to war in Vietnam? Nearly fifty years after the last American troops were…
Harlan Lee first became a foreign service officer in 1968 during the Vietnam War, and he was immediately dispatched to…
The roles of embassies and their staff vary greatly by countries and regions, though few can claim themselves to be…
The Fall of Saigon is perhaps one of the most infamous moments of the Vietnam War. Following the fall of…
About one month before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States officially entered World War II, tensions were already…