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Japanese Fishermen and the Bikini Atoll H-bomb Blast
On March 1st, 1954, the U.S. conducted its largest hydrogen bomb test ever near the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall…
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In Those Days: A Diplomat Remembers
If the twentieth century was the American Century, James Spain was its classic product. From Chicago in 1926 to Sri…
Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas
Don Gregg spent thirty-one years as an operations officer in CIA and ten years in the White House under Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan,…
Early American Diplomacy in the Near and Far East: The Diplomatic and Personal History of Edmund Q. Roberts
The ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series has now reached fifty volumes with the publication of Early American Diplomacy in the Near…
Born a Foreigner: A Memoir of the American Presence in Asia
Chuck Cross spent much of his youth and adult life in China and elsewhere in East Asia, garnering insights and…
Documentaries & Podcasts using ADST audio NHK Okinawa: ADST provided audio files of 23 interviewees to NHK Okinawa as part…
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Ambassador Patricia Haslach Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021 Interviewed by: Robin Matthewman Initial interview date: August 30,…