Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America
Washington, DC: American Foreign Service Association, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [6], 98 pages. Wraps. Map. Organizational Chart. Illustrations. Abbreviations. Acronyms. Sources. Author address label on half-title page. Publication was made possible by contributions of DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired). Reporters/Writers were Deidre Fernandes, Nhien D. Le, and Laura Ngo. Among the contributors were Thomas Pickering and Bruce Laingen. Inside a U.S. Embassy is widely recognized as the essential guide to the Foreign Service. This work takes readers to U.S. missions around the world, introducing Foreign Service professionals and providing detailed descriptions of their jobs and firsthand accounts of diplomacy in action. In addition to profiles of diplomats and specialists around the world—from the ambassador to the consular officer, the public diplomacy officer to the security specialist—is a selection from more than twenty countries of day-in-the-life accounts, each describing an actual day on the job. Personal reports from the field give a sense of the extraordinary challenges—the coups, the natural disasters, the civil wars—and rewards of representing America to the world. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Embassy, Chief of Mission, Political Officer, Technology Officer, Cultural Affairs, Commercial Officers, Hostages, Bruce Laingen, Foreign Service, Thomas Pickering, Diplomats, Consular Officers
ISBN: 096494880X
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Price: $47.50