ADST Special Collection: AFSA Oral Histories
About AFSA The American Foreign Service Association, established in 1924, is both professional association and exclusive representative for the U.S. Foreign Service.…
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,…
Stopping the Spread of Ebola
Stopping the Spread of Ebola When Ebola threatened the Ghanaian capital of Accra in 2014, it posed a risk to…
Getting Past The Interpreter To Clinch an Aircraft Deal
Getting Past The Interpreter To Clinch an Aircraft Deal U.S. Ambassadors are often asked to weigh in on a big…