At the end of World War II, Argentina was entrenched in debt and on the verge of defaulting to its…
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At the end of World War II, Argentina was entrenched in debt and on the verge of defaulting to its…
Prior to mid-August 1960, the United States had limited diplomatic activity in the French African colonies. However, within a 48-hour…
Robert H. Stern’s life as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) took him in many different directions all across the globe.…
Ever since the Kennedy administration, the United States has increasingly felt a sense of responsibility for people in Africa. As…
In a one-on-one meeting in 1989, the future president of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, gave Assistant Secretary of State…
Foreign Service Officer Thomas Donohue served in both continental and archipelagic Southeast Asia during a tumultuous period in which countries…
With brightly colored clothes and impeccable attention to protocol, Foreign Service spouse Hilda Lewis hoped to impress at the Japanese…
A car full of armed guards trailed after Janice Bay as she defiantly walked down the gate-lined road away from…
In 1964 on the French island of Martinique, well-known American composer Marc Blitzstein was found on the street badly injured…
While working at the U.S. embassy in Seychelles in 1985, David Buss fell in love with a Peace Corps volunteer,…