Publications
ADST-Memoirs and Occasional Papers Series
American Diplomats: The Foreign Service at Work,
Edited by William D. Morgan and Charles Stuart Kennedy
“William Morgan and Charles Stuart Kennedy provide a comprehensive look into the professional lives of America's diplomats. Their insights and the wide range of venues and experiences they cover will enlighten anyone, veteran or newcomer, with an interest in diplomacy.” — Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, former Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service and U.S. Ambassador to Benin
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $22.95 (Members' price $20.00)
An Architect of Democracy: Building a Mosaic of Peace,
by James Robert Huntley
"Over half a century, James Huntley has played a major leadership role—in government and in the nonprofit and scholarly worlds—animating and strengthening bonds among democratic peoples and institutions, from the EU and NATO to the new intergovernmental Community of Democracies. This is a personal story of our times, well told by a master practitioner." — Robert Hunter, former US ambassador to NATO
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $30.00 (Members' price $27.00)
Arabian Nights and Daze: Living in Yemen with the Foreign Service,
by Susan Clough Wyatt
"In this highly readable book Susan Wyatt vividly retells with good humor her experiences as a diplomat's wife in one of the Foreign Service's most difficult environments, which she describes without either downplaying or exaggeration. Once she has drawn the reader in with personal anecdotes, told with a sharp eye for local customs, she segues into sound overall observations on Yemeni culture, politics, economics, archeology, and architecture." — Richard W. Murphy, Career Ambassador and former Assistant Secretary of State
Softcover: Price $26.00
Arias, Cabalettas, and Foreign Affairs: A Public Diplomat's Quasi-Musical Memoir,
by
Hans N. Tuch
A lifelong lover of opera and classical music, Hans N. "Tom" Tuch served 35 years in the United States Foreign Service, retiring in 1985 as a Career Minister. This book recalls his devoted engagement with music, especially opera, in the context of that career.
Softcover: $22.00
Bushels and Bales: A Food Soldier in the Cold War,
by
Howard L. Steele
"One man's remarkable story ... in service to his government, fellow taxpayers, and yes, mankind's age-old struggle against hunger and backwardness." — Eric Rozenman, author of Total Jihad
Softcover: $28.00
Danger Zones: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests,
by
John Gunther Dean
Danger Zones is the autobiography of John Gunther Dean, a career Foreign Service officer, five-time U.S. ambassador, and a leading diplomat of the twentieth century. As an activist diplomat throughout his career, he worked hard to bring people together to avoid bloodshed.
Cloth: $36, Paperback: $26
Echoes of a Distant Clarion: Recollections of a Diplomat and Soldier,
by
John G. Kormann
The life story of John Kormann, an adventurous diplomat, soldier, and intelligence officer, offers an inside view of significant events of the twentieth century.
Cloth: Nonmembers' price $46, Members' price $41
Paperback: Nonmembers' price $30, Members' price $27
Fifty Years of U.S. Africa Policy: Reflections of Assistant Secretaries for African Affairs and U.S. Embassy Officials,
edited by
Claudia E. Anyaso
Fifteen men and women have occupied the position of Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. They charted the course of U.S. Africa policy for fifty years that spanned the dawn of African independence to the present era of globalized engagement. In these pages each Assistant Secretary describes his or her stewardship and assesses the state of the U.S.-Africa relations during their tenure. Their perspectives are enhanced by the oral histories of six Foreign Service Officers who recall the excitement and challenges of living and working in Africa and associating with such leaders as Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba and Nelson Mandela. The courage and dedication of all these men and women illuminate every page.
Softcover: $19.99
Forever on the Road: A Franco-American Family's Thirty Years in the Foreign Service,
by
NICOLE PRÉVOST LOGAN
Nicole Logan gives us insights into the political situation in many of the countries in which she lived. She is particularly effective in describing the social crosscurrents underlying political developments, something we see all too rarely in analyses of world events.” —Ambassador Roger Kirk
Softcover: $26.00
From Foggy Bottom
to Capitol Hill: Exploits of a GI, Diplomat, and Congressional Aide,
by
John Chapman “Chips” Chester
“While at first blush it may appear that this book was written by someone unable to hold a job for long, that proves not to be the case. Or more precisely put, Chips Chester’s hegira from the military to the Foreign Service to congressional staffs has left him with many good stories to tell. And they are tales with much humor, substantial insight into our diplomatic and political systems, and a graceful writing style. I knew the author best as a very good FSO; now I know him, as well, as a fine writer.” —Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State and Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Softcover: $20.00
French Covert Action in the American Revolution,
by
James M. Potts
"If Benjamin Franklin's covert operations are not well known to the American public, the secret role of the French in the birth of our nation has certainly been minimized and usually overlooked by historians. James Potts's book successfully fills this gap. Moreover, proving that true spy stories are often more interesting than spy fiction. French Covert Action, exciting as it is well documented, makes a fascinating as well as valuable contribution to American colonial history." — John H. Waller, noted author and authority on intelligence
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $17.95 (Members' price $16.00)
A Haiti Chronicle: The Undoing of a Latent Democracy, 1999-2001,
by
Daniel Whitman
“This is the only book to convey the enormity of the disaster that overtook Haiti during 1999-2002. A splash of cold water especially for sectors in American politics who have averted their gaze for so long. This book removes the last excuse for them to do so.” — James Morrell, Director, Haiti Democracy Project
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $41.50 (Members' price $25.00)
In the Aftermath of Genocide: The U.S. Role in Rwanda,
by Robert E. Gribbin
"Ambassador Gribbin applies the keen insights developed over a long career in Africa to U.S.-Rwandan relations. He outlines clearly the failure of the U.S. and the rest of the world to stop the genocide and places blame where it is deserved, yet manages to inject humor into this otherwise grim story." — H. Roberts Melone, former U.S. ambassador to Rwanda
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $23.95, (Members' price $21.00)
Not to the Manner Born: Reflections of a Wife and Partner in the Foreign Service,
by
Helen Lyman
"Helen Lyman came reluctantly to the world of diplomacy. She grew up with the image of making her adult home near her parents in San Francisco, and like her older brother and his family, coming each Friday night to her parents' home for dinner. When we became serious in high school, and I told her of my ambitions for a life in the Foreign Serive, it almost ended our early romance. When I promised her not to spend all our lifetimes in faraway places, she relented.” —Ambassador Princeton Lyman
Softcover: $22.00
Nine Lives: A Foreign Service Odyssey,
by
Allen C. Hansen
This book depicts the excitement, frustrations, satisfactions - and sometimes glamour - of a career in the Foreign Service of the United States Information Agency (USIA). It describes how the U.S. government agency responsible for what is now called "public diplomacy" conducted its varies media, cultural, and educational exchange programs in nine countries during the Cold War.
Nonmembers' price $28 (Members' price $25)
Present at the Footnote: Personal Commentary on American Diplomacy,
by
Henry E. Mattox
These insightful essays, editorials, personal commentaries, and reports on foreign affairs first appeared in the online journal American Diplomacy (www.americandiplomacy.org) between 1996 and 2008. As co-founder and editor of that journal, Henry Mattox addressed contemporary issues, expressing opinions and judgments and recounting experiences drawn from his service as a career Foreign Service officer and, later, as a senior lecturer in American and diplomatic history.
Softcover: $19.99
Quiet Diplomacy: From Cairo to Tokyo in the Twilight of Imperialism,
by Armin Meyer
"... a distinct contribution to the history of the period. Armin Meyer's prominent role in U.S. policy determination in the Middle East and Japan deserves to be chronicled. So does the United States' previous emphasis on quiet diplomacy, which—alas—seems to be so sadly lacking these days." — Hermann F. Eilts, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Softcover: Nonmembers' price $18.95 (Members' price $17.00)
The Unofficial Diplomat: A Memoir,
by Joanne Grady Huskey
"This book provides a wonderful insight into the highs and lows, the exuberance and terrors, of a life well lived in the Foreign Service. Read the part about the al Qaeda bombing of the Nairobi embassy in 1998 and you will understand how the mindset and personal leadership of community members like Joanne helped us accomplish extraordinary things against great odds." — PRUDENCE BUSHNELL, former U.S. ambassador to Kenya and Guatemala
Softcover: $22
Your Diplomats at Work: A Comedy in Seven Acts,
by Franklin E. Huffman
Your Diplomats at Work is Frank Huffman's account of his sometimes comical, sometimes frustrating, but always enlightening adventures as a diplomat in London, Burma, Morocco, Paris, Washington, Cambodia, New Zealand, and Chad.
Softcover: $26
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