Operation Smiling Buddha was the assigned code name for India’s first nuclear weapons explosion on May 18th, 1974. India declared…
India and Pakistan on the Brink: The 1998 Nuclear Tests
In May 1998, India conducted its first nuclear bomb tests since 1974 at the Indian Army Pokhran Test Range. Known…
South Carolina
Contributions by South Carolinians in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in South Carolina have made important contributions…
Michigan
Contributions by Michiganders in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Michigan have made important contributions to America’s…
Maryland
Contributions by Marylanders in the Foreign Service People born, raised, or educated in Maryland have made important contributions to America’s…
Top Moments in U.S. Diplomatic History
Top Moments in U.S. Diplomatic History Special Centennial Collection – Our core collection of over 1,000 “Moments in U.S. Diplomatic…
The Limits of Influence: America’s Role in Kashmir
The Limits of Influence, the 36th volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series, is the first systematic study of…
Ellsworth Bunker: Global Troubleshooter, Vietnam Hawk
In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1994), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of America’s foremost diplomats–from his…
Eye on the World: A Life in International Service
Eye on the World is the autobiography of diplomat Anthony C. E. Quainton, the story of a long and varied…
Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia
Former ambassador to Pakistan and Bangladesh William B. Milam has produced a sympathetic, frank, and nuanced account of the two…