We’ve all wanted to blow off steam about our boss, co-workers, or those troglodytes in Human Resources. Robin Berrington, who…
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Less than a year after its members murdered 11 Israeli athletes and one German police guard during the 1972 Summer…
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Terence Todman is one of the few people to attain the rank of career ambassador – the equivalent of a…
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January of 1968 saw two of the most serious incidents to occur on the Korean peninsula since the end of…
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Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Early American Diplomacy in the Near and Far East: The Diplomatic and Personal History…
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Senator Chuck Hagel, who has been nominated by President Obama to be the next Secretary of Defense, was awarded ADST’s…
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Kathleen Turner was one of the iconic actresses of the 1980’s, starring in such movies as Romancing the Stone, Jewel…
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Diplomacy and foreign policy attract some of the smartest, most dedicated, and most interesting figures in every generation. In this…
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Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawai’i, 1885–1898 “Based on highly impressive research,…