January of 1968 saw two of the most serious incidents to occur on the Korean peninsula since the end of…
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The circumstances seem all too familiar — political turmoil leads to angry mobs storming the U.S. compound in Benghazi. Except…
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The Architecture of Diplomacy
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Arias, Cabalettas, and Foreign Affairs: A Public Diplomat’s Quasi-Musical Memoir A lifelong lover of opera and classical music, Hans N.…
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Defiant Diplomacy
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Defiant Diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and the…