A Quaker Goes to Spain: The Diplomatic Mission of Anthony Morris, 1813-1816
The 51st volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series, this book tells the story of the unusual man sent…
Lincoln Gordon: Architect of Cold War Policy
After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as a key player in the reconstruction of Europe.…
Ellsworth Bunker: Global Troubleshooter, Vietnam Hawk
In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1994), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of America’s foremost diplomats–from his…
U. S.-Vatican Relations, 1975-1980: A Diplomatic Study
This book explores the bilateral relations between the United States and the Vatican from 1975 to 1980, a turbulent period…
Prelude to Genocide: Arusha, Rwanda, and the Failure of Diplomacy
As the initial US observer, David Rawson participated in the 1993 Rwandan peace talks at Arusha, Tanzania. Later, he served…
Eye on the World: A Life in International Service
Eye on the World is the autobiography of diplomat Anthony C. E. Quainton, the story of a long and varied…
China Boys: How U.S. Relations with the PRC Began and Grew
China Boys offers a close-up view of the U.S. opening to China and the pioneer days in U.S.-China relations that followed.…
Plunging into Haiti: Clinton, Aristide, and the Defeat of Diplomacy
For much of the early 1990s, Haiti held the world’s attention. A fiery populist priest, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was elected…
The October War: A Retrospective
This often surprising book shares firsthand accounts and frank discussions from a meeting held in October 1998 on the twenty-fifth…
Defiant Diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and the Cold War 1939-1958
Defiant Diplomacy depicts the extraordinary life of diplomat Henrik de Kauffmann (1888–1963), a major figure in U.S.-Danish relations during World War…