Walter Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota on January 5, 1928, was the 42nd Vice President of the U.S. under Jimmy…
The 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square was one of the most heart-wrenching displays of state suppression of peaceful assembly in…
On May 15, 1948, the UK withdrew from Palestine. (It had been given a mandate over the territories after it defeated the Ottomans…
In the spring of 1958, President Eisenhower sent Vice President Nixon on a tour of Latin America to improve relations.…
The shaky peace that had held in Vietnam since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 began to…
April 30, 1975 will long be remembered as the day that Saigon fell and with it, the end of U.S.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), served as president of Pakistan in the 1970s. By 1977, opposition…
Born in New York City in 1903, Clare Boothe Luce led a diverse career as a playwright, journalist, editor, and…
The Foreign Service Institute plays a central role in the training of American diplomats and other professionals in the U.S.…
Max Kampelman (November 7, 1920 – January 25, 2013) was a key negotiator for the United States on major issues…