Former ADST Executive Director Dan Whitman has written an account of two tumultuous years and three elections in Haiti, where he served as Counselor for Public Affairs in 1999–2001. A Haiti Chronicle: The Undoing of a Latent Democracy, 1999–2001 puts on the record some disputed or forgotten events and efforts...
Abroad for Her Country: Tales of a Pioneer Woman Ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service, published by the University of Notre Dame Press, is the 33rd volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. It is the life story of Jean Wilkowski, only the fourth female career diplomat to follow...
The 51st volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series, this book tells the story of the unusual man sent to perform a vexing, but largely forgotten diplomatic mission at the height of the War of 1812. As war with Britain intensified in the summer of 1813, President James Madison...
Arabian Nights and Daze: Living in Yemen with the Foreign Service provides a timely and needed understanding and appreciation for this vulnerable country, its history and culture, and the enormous challenges it faces today.
Journey back to 1970 and enjoy the “never in a lifetime” adventure of the author and...
Peregrina is the story of Ginny Carson Young, a young Foreign Service widow and mother who finds an unexpected second life as an American consular officer in India, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Romania. She deals with the hippies of the 1970s in New Delhi, is courted in Hong Kong by...
