Mattox, Henry
Retired American diplomat and university lecturer Henry E. Mattox served in the U.S. Foreign Service (1957 80) at the Department of State and seven posts abroad: Paris, Ponta Delgada, São Paulo, Kathmandu, Portau- Prince, London, and Cairo. After retiring, he spent a year in Nigeria as a Fulbright senior lecturer and taught for 15 years at North Carolina State University. From 1996 to 2007, he edited American Diplomacy, the online journal which he co-founded. Mattox holds a PhD in American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has published four books and numerous scholarly articles.
"Present At The Footnote: Personal Commentary on American Diplomacy" is a book by Henry E. Mattox, which compiles a collection of his personal essays, editorials, and commentary on American foreign policy that were originally published online on the journal "American Diplomacy" between 1996 and 2008; essentially offering an insider...