Foreign at Home and Away
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Foreign at Home and Away: Foreign-Born Wives in the U.S. Foreign Service “Margaret Bender has…
Distinguished Service
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Distinguished Service: Lydia Chapin Kirk, Partner in Diplomacy, 1896–1984 When her husband, Alan Kirk, was…
Born a Foreigner
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Born a Foreigner: A Memoir of the American Presence in Asia “. . .…
Assisting Americans Aboard the Hijacked Cruise Ship Achille Lauro
Assisting Americans Aboard the Hijacked Cruise Ship Achille Lauro The Foreign Service took Edmund Hull far from his home in…
Frank Wisner
MY FOREIGN SERVICE ROLE MODEL- – AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER by Kenneth M Quinn My wartime experience as a Foreign Service…
Dick Murphy
Dick Murphy Celebration of Life Remarks By Bill Burns – March 1, 2025 Good morning. I am deeply honored to…
Your Diplomats at Work: A Comedy in Seven Acts
This book is an account of the author’s sometimes comical, sometimes frustrating, but always enlightening adventures as a diplomat in…
Fifty Years of U.S. Africa Policy: Reflections of Assistant Secretaries for African Affairs and U.S. Embassy Officials
Fifteen men and women have occupied the position of Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. They charted the course of U.S.…
Rescuing Americans from East Berlin
Rescuing Americans from East Berlin William J. Dyess, a native of Troy, Alabama, and a University of Alabama graduate, joined…
Issuing the Visa that Would Save a Jewish Girl
Issuing the Visa that Would Save a Jewish Girl Richard H. Davis, a young Foreign Service officer from Chautauqua County,…