Below we have provided a list of books that may be of interest to our readers and researchers that are…
Less than a month before President Richard Nixon’s resignation on August 9, 1974, he took a presidential tour of the…
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Ambassador Robert S. Strauss is one of the giants of Twentieth Century American politics and diplomacy, whose service dates back…
Jonestown, Guyana was the scene of one of the most harrowing tragedies in American history. On November 18, 1978, at…
In these excerpts, Bruce Laingen, then Charge d’Affaires of U.S. Embassy Tehran and one of the “super Satans” kept hostage at the…
Kathleen Turner was one of the iconic actresses of the 1980’s, starring in such movies as Romancing the Stone, Jewel…
William E. Schaufele, Jr. was the Congo Desk Officer at State from 1964 to 1965, when 330 people, including the…
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Donn Piatt: Gadfly of the Gilded Age “Told through the life of an extraordinary character,…
Julia Child, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday on August 15, 2012, was a pioneer in bringing French cuisine…