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Published by AFSA, Edited by Shawn Dorman The most informative book on the inner workings of U.S. embassies around the world. A must-read for anyone considering a Foreign Service career. A U.S.Embassy is home to a dynamic team of professionals committed to public service and the value of diplomacy. Inside a U.S. Embassy gives an up-close and personal look into the work and lives of the diplomats and specialists who make up the U.S. Foreign Service. "Inside a U.S. Embassy is a fascinating look at foreign policy in practice through the eyes of U.S. diplomats." Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del., Ranking Minority Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ordering information: The price is $12.95 plus shipping and handling.Order at www.afsa.org/inside. 
by Joanne Grady Huskey © 2009 ISBN: 0982386729 $22.00 On June 4, 1989, Joanne Grady Huskey was in Tiananmen Square and witnessed the horror of a government attacking its own people. On August 7, 1998, she was in the basement of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, with her two small children when Al Qaeda bombed the building. Unofficial Diplomat is the memoir of the wife of a U.S. Foreign Service officer who, caught in extraordinary circumstances, was able to do some extraordinary things. The book describes her experiences living and working in China, India, Kenya and Taiwan. She describes her work with disabled people in China, guided by Deng Xiaoping's son, Deng Pufang, and her life as an NGO worker and a performing artist in each of these countries. 
Foreign at Home and Away: Foreign-Born Wives in the U.S. Foreign Service Reviewed by Tales from a Small Planet by Margaret Bender © 2002 ISBN: 0595225217 $16.95 An Indian-born foreign service officer killed in the U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya. An Austrian-born doctor who volunteered her medical skills in Japan, South Vietnam, and Iran. A French-speaking woman from a remote village in Gabon. These are just three of the women whose stories are told in this book-women born in other countries who, through their marriages to American diplomats, became representatives of the United States. While they experience immigrant life in a unique way, they share the challenges faced by other women in cross-cultural marriages away from their own countries. - Back Cover. Australian-born author Margaret Bender is a writer, editor, teacher of English as a Second Language, and a foreign service wife. She has lived in Austria, England, Germany, India, Israel, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. Daughters of Britannia - The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives by Katie Hickman This extraordinary book has reached the bestseller lists and been featured on the Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. It is a special blending of history, biography and adventure woven together to intrigue the reader. The author, Katie Hickman, is a diplomat's daughter who covers the stories of diplomats' wives from 1661 to 1995. She uses letters, journals, clippings and interviews to thread together common themes which show not only the public life but also the private trials. -- Read a review by Pam Perraud ISBN: 0006387802 $11.96
Married to the Foreign Service: An Oral History of the American Diplomatic Spouse by Jewell Fenzi with Carl Nelson © 1994 ISBN: 0-8057912-2-1 $20.00
The Broadview Book of Diplomatic Anecdotes Gordon Martel © 1991 ISBN: 0-921149-85-9
The Unknown Ambassadors: A Saga of Citizenship by Phyllis Michaux © 1996 ISBN: 0-9639260-2-0 $15.95
by Katherine Hughes At last someone has devoted a book to the trials and tribulations of the Foreign Service spouse which goes beyond the usual anecdotes of tea parties and cultural misunderstandings. It is a thorough exploration of the motivations and levels of satisfaction felt by current spouses, expressed in clear, easy-to-read language. --Reviewed by Pamela Perraud © 1998 ISBN: 0-9639260-7-1 $17.95
The Foreign Service Reader: Selected Articles from 77 Years of the Foreign Service Journal Compiled and edited by Daniel Oliver Newberry © 1997 ISBN: 0-964988-1-8
No Fixed Address: Life in the Foreign Service Christine Hantell-Fraser © 1993 ISBN: 0802067999 $17.00 |
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