2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the devastating “war to end all wars.” While…
In October 2000, 135 years after the Thirteenth Amendment officially abolished slavery within the United States, Congress declared that “as…
Dean Gooderham Acheson served as Secretary of State under President Truman from 1949-1953. Noting his enormous influence, historian Randall Woods…
The Iran-Iraq War created turmoil in the Persian Gulf as the combatants attacked civilian oil tankers, merchant ships, and other…
When a nation declares a diplomat “persona non grata,” it is essentially kicking him or her out of the country.…
In 2001 Ann Wright served as the first political officer in the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Two years…
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Dean Rusk served as Secretary of State for eight controversial years, from 1961 through 1969, when public discomfort over his…
A skilled diplomat and negotiator, James A. Baker III served as the Secretary of State during a period of tumultuous change, including…
Dien Bien Phu was a major battle of the first Indochina war in which the French fought against the Viet…