Ambassador Herman J. “Hank” Cohen decided early in his 38-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service to specialize in African affairs. He made that decision in the late 1950s when the majority of the African nations were transitioning from European colonial rule to sovereign independence. His service in five U.S....
Herman Cohen draws on both the documentary record and his years of on-the-ground experience to provide a uniquely comprehensive survey and interpretation of nearly eight decades of US policy toward Africa. Tracing how this policy has evolved across successive administrations since 1942 (beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term...
Chuck Cross spent much of his youth and adult life in China and elsewhere in East Asia, garnering insights and skills he later applied to U.S. diplomacy in the region. His book –– part perceptive memoir, part provocative diplomatic history –– traces the intense, sometimes violent American connection with East...
Here is the untold story of how, in the wake of independence in July 1946, the U.S. Department of State and selected U.S. Foreign Service posts trained the first officer corps of the Philippine Foreign Service, affectionately dubbed the “State Department Boys.” These pioneer Filipino diplomats eventually played pivotal roles in Philippine diplomacy...
Wilson Dizard offers the first comprehensive account of public diplomacy’s evolution within the U.S. foreign policy establishment, ranging from World War II to the present. Public diplomacy–the uncertain art of winning public support abroad for one’s government and its foreign policies–constitutes a critical policy instrument in the face of today’s...
Since its inception, the United States has sent envoys to advance American interests abroad, both across oceans and to areas that later became part of the country. Little has been known about these first envoys until now. From China to Chile, Tripoli to Tahiti, Mexico to Muscat, Peter...
No better book could have launched the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series than Peter Eicher’s “Emperor Dead” and Other Historic American Dispatches. The dispatches tell their own story—of remarkable Americans most of whom served their country “well and faithfully,” in the words of the ambassadorial oath. They provide insight into...
The ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series has now reached fifty volumes with the publication of Early American Diplomacy in the Near and Far East by the late Ambassador Hermann F. Eilts, a leading twentieth-century diplomat and scholar.
From the inception of the republic to the Civil War, the United States eschewed political...
Since Xi Jinping’s accession to power in 2012, nearly every aspect of China’s relations with Africa has grown dramatically. Beijing has increased the share of resources it devotes to African countries, expanding military cooperation, technological investment, and educational and cultural programs as well as extending its political influence.
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Diversifying Diplomacy tells the story of Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas, a young black woman who beat the odds and challenged the status quo. Inspired by the strong women in her life, she followed in the footsteps of the few women who had gone before her in her effort to make the...