As a teenage daughter of a Foreign Service Officer who moved his family from country to country every so often,…
Fredrick Irving’s plane was shot down over Magyarovar, Hungary during World War II. Right after hitting the ground, three Hungarian farmers…
To the uninitiated (or to those who simply watch too many B-movies), an ambassador’s life seems to be nothing but…
The act of beheading has been used as a means for execution and retribution for millennia. The guillotine, which was…
More than thirty years later, the Iran Hostage crisis still ranks as one of the most traumatic diplomatic events in…
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba were frozen in time for more than 50 years. After the U.S. formally severed…
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A Communist plot, a gruesome murder, a maniacal dictator: all were elements in what would seemingly be the scandal of…
Nazi Germany launched the Spring Offensive against France, Belgium, and the Netherlands in May 1940. Within six weeks it had…
Grim. Tedious. Unrelentingly cold and dreary. Add in KGB surveillance and the fear that they truly were out to get…