China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996
Drawing upon fifty ADST-created oral histories and one from Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker weaves together a wide r…
Memoirs of a Foreign Service Arabist
Dick Parker was renowned in the State Department for his dry acerbic wit. From his early youth on U.S. Cavalry posts…
The Man in the Arena: The Life and the Times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee
There was a time when Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain and midwestern states were as likely to elect a liberal…
The Architecture Of Diplomacy: Building America’s Embassies
Jane C. Loeffler, a scholar in architectural history and American civilization, extensively researched the history and politics of U.S. embassy design…
Crossing the Divide: An Insider’s Account of the Normalization of U.S.-China Relations
Former assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific John H. Holdridge was intimately involved in the historic…
Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the United States Information Agency
Wilson Dizard offers the first comprehensive account of public diplomacy’s evolution within the U.S. foreign policy establishment, ranging from World…
Born a Foreigner: A Memoir of the American Presence in Asia
Chuck Cross spent much of his youth and adult life in China and elsewhere in East Asia, garnering insights and…
Afghanistan Project-Earl Anthony Wayne
Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne Excerpts from the Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Interviewed by: Robin Matthewman Initial interview date: August…
Afghanistan Project-Robert Finn
Ambassador Robert Finn Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021 Interviewed by: Robin Matthewman Initial interview date: December 7,…
Afghanistan Project–Hugo Llorens
Ambassador Hugo Llorens Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021 Interviewed by: Robin Matthewman Initial interview date: September 22,…