Bushnell, Prudence
Ambassador Prudence Bushnell was deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs at the US State Department during the Rwandan genocide and was responsible for the day-to-day handling of the crisis. She has also served as the ambassador to the Republic of Kenya (1996–99) and Guatemala (1999–2002).
Diplomats and Diplomacy, Jihad
On August 7, 1998, three years before President George W. Bush declared the War on Terror, the radical Islamist group al-Qaeda bombed the American embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, where Prudence Bushnell was serving as U.S. ambassador. Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience is her account of what happened, how it happened, and...