Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Dick Jackson captures the humor and sheer incongruity of working across cultures in an international…
In 1961, United States forces in Vietnam began to use chemical herbicides and defoliants on South Vietnamese crops, bushes, and…
As a Foreign Service Officer serving abroad, it is natural to become close friends with the colleagues with whom you…
Dear Fido, If you’re reading this, we’ve been evacuated (and you learned how to read!…). But don’t worry ol’ pal!…
Throughout the 1970s, trouble was brewing in Chad. President François (N’Garta) Tombalbaye was the first president of Chad following its…
A 2010 Time Magazine article rated it as the third worst environmental catastrophe in history, right behind Chernobyl and Bhopal. As Operation…
Arriving at a new post and setting up your household and office can be quite a challenge, even for a…
When oil was discovered in the Arabian Peninsula during the 1930’s and 40’s, the full extent of its impact on…
Illegal immigration remains a hotly contested issue within the United States, as evidenced by the subject’s repeated appearance in American…
The worldwide increase in demand for recreational drugs in the 1960s and 1970s prompted drug barons in Colombia to ramp…