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American statecraft : the story of the U.S. Foreign Service
Author
Title
American statecraft : the story of the U.S. Foreign Service / J. Robert Moskin.
ISBN
9781250037459 (hbk.)
125003745X (hbk.)
9781250037466 (ebk.)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Physical Description
ix, 932 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Summary
A "look at the unsung men and women of the U.S. Foreign Service whose dedication and sacrifices have been a crucial part of our history for over two centuries. Fifteen years in the making, veteran journalist and historian Moskin has traveled the globe conducting hundreds of interviews both in and out of the State Department to look behind the scenes at America's 'militiamen of diplomacy'"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
American state-craft : the story of the U.S. Foreign Service
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 865-894) and index.
Contents
Closing Pandora's box
Making a difference
The militiamen of diplomacy : 1776-80
"The sword was sheathed" : 1781-85
Of consuls, commerce, and confidence : 1784-1810
Paying off the pirates : 1785-1805
"One nation as to foreign concerns" : 1787-95
"To prepare for war will be wise" : 1793-1811
Drive for identity and respect : 1811-23
An early professional : 1825-42
The spoils system : 1829-48
Expansion westward : 1821-45
War with Mexico : 1845-46
Consular reform : 1853-65
Japan's first American consul : 1856-62
The nation at war with itself : 1861-65
Public trust, private property : 1866-85
First steps to empire : 1898-99
Three diplomatic friends : 1898-1905
Practicing imperialism : 1898-1905
"The main object of diplomacy" : 1905-12
Warm-up for a world war : 1899-1914
"Well, the roof has fallen in" : 1914-16
"Slaughterhouse where madness dwells" : 1915-17
"America in Armageddon" : 1917-20
The Russian "terror" : 1917-20
The new diplomacy of oil : 1919-38
"A single unified service" : 1920-45
Between world wars : 1920-39
Early aggressions : 1934-39
"The sands are running fast" : 1931-41
"A rattlesnake posed to strike" : 1939-41
"A very tragic moment" : 1941-45
Foreign service for a new world : 1946-51
The foreign service catches up : 1946-88
Diversity comes to the elite service 1922-2011 ; China hands : 1946-89
Public diplomacy : 1941-2012
Diplomacy for American dictators : 1953-89
Trujillo and Pinochet
contrast in violence : 1960-2004
Dangerous diplomacy : 1960-78
Terrorists in the embassies : 1968-2009
A war too far
Vietnam : 1952-75
Destiny and the peacock throne : 1951-81
Shuttling salesman for peace : 1947-83
The very model of a modern foreign service : 1970-2011
The first and second Iraq Wars : 1982-2011
Fortress America : the embassy : 2004-07
New challenges for modern diplomacy : 1970-2012
The ambassador : 2011-13.
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