Teaching American Diplomacy Using Primary Sources

Teaching American Diplomacy Using Primary Sources
Author: Michael Kraft
Publisher: University of Denver, CTIR
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0943804523

This title is the latest addition to our Teaching American Diplomacy series.The purpose of this book is to allow high school students to examine the relationship between Cuba and the United States by studying a rich collection of primary materials and classroom-ready lessons which incorporate those materials. This book contains materials from 27 primary sources, including texts of speeches before the House and Senate, articles, legislation, and presidential speeches. Teaching American Diplomacy: Cuba is especially helpful in preparing students for Advanced Placement document-based questions. The sections of the book are: Section 1: U.S.-Cuba Relations A Brief History; Section 2: History Activities with Lesson 1: Historical Background of U.S.-Cuba Relations, Lesson 2: Re-writing History Missed Opportunities or Disaster Averted?, Lesson 3: Cuba, Castro, and the Cold War, Lesson 4: Using Economic Pressure to Influence Other Nations, Lesson 5: What is Next for U.S. Policy Toward Cuba?, Lesson 6: Shifting Foreign Policy: Carter vs. Bush; Section 3: Civics Activities with Lesson 1: Defining Foreign Policy Interests, Lesson 2: Domestic Influences on Foreign Policy Decision-making, Lesson 3: The Role of human Rights in Foreign Policy, Lesson 4: Regional and Special Interest Influences on Foreign Policy; Section 4: Primary Source Documents with Document Index. Read more at http://www.du.edu/ctir/pubs_why.html.

Inside a U.S. Embassy

Inside a U.S. Embassy
Author: Shawn Dorman
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1612344674

Inside a U.S. Embassy is widely recognized as the essential guide to the Foreign Service. This all-new third edition takes readers to more than fifty 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.

United States Protocol

United States Protocol
Author: Mary Mel French
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2010-05-16
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1442203218

United States Protocol is a must-have reference for communicating with government and business officials, international organizations, and high-level military personnel, both in the United States and abroad. Everything you need is presented in a comprehensive, detailed, and well-organized book that makes it easy to navigate official protocol. Former President Bill Clinton says in his foreword that it is 'an authoritative user's manual for international relations, it promises to become an indispensable reference_not only for those in Washington, but for all Americans in contact with people in other nations.' Ambassador Mary Mel French uses her personal experience as a former Chief of Protocol to give us the most up-to-date and user-friendly guide to diplomatic protocol at the international, national, and state level. She includes meticulous instructions, in-depth diagrams and tables, a comprehensive table of contents, and a plethora of examples that make United States Protocol the perfect guide to any official event.

The Back Channel

The Back Channel
Author: William Joseph Burns
Publisher:
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0525508864

As a distinguished and admired American diplomat of the last half century, Burns has played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time: from the bloodless end of the Cold War and post-Cold War relations with Putin's Russia to the secret nuclear talks with Iran. Here he recounts some of the seminal moments of his career, drawing on newly declassified cables and memos to give readers a rare, inside look at American diplomacy in action, and of the people who worked with him. The result is an powerful reminder of the enduring importance of diplomacy. -- adapted from jacket

Diplomacy Lessons

Diplomacy Lessons
Author: John Brady Kiesling
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1597970174

A dissident U.S. Foreign Service officer's prescriptions for an effective foreign policy

America in the World

America in the World
Author: Robert B. Zoellick
Publisher: Twelve
Total Pages: 764
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538712369

America has a long history of diplomacy–ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker–now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world. Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy, Zoellick identifies five traditions that have emerged from America's encounters with the world: the importance of North America; the special roles trading, transnational, and technological relations play in defining ties with others; changing attitudes toward alliances and ways of ordering connections among states; the need for public support, especially through Congress; and the belief that American policy should serve a larger purpose. These traditions frame a closing review of post-Cold War presidencies, which Zoellick foresees serving as guideposts for the future. Both a sweeping work of history and an insightful guide to U.S. diplomacy past and present, America in the World serves as an informative companion and practical adviser to readers seeking to understand the strategic and immediate challenges of U.S. foreign policy during an era of transformation.

The Embassy of the Future

The Embassy of the Future
Author: George L. Argyros
Publisher: CSIS
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780892065080

The CSIS Embassy of the Future project was launched in the fall of 2006 to explore the tension between protecting U.S. diplomats and enabling them to conduct their missions effectively. How can both diplomatic platforms and practices meet security objectives and best serve America? How should the State Department equip and empower U.S. diplomats with the benefits of twenty-first century technology?

Lessons from a Diplomatic Life

Lessons from a Diplomatic Life
Author: Marshall P. Adair
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2012-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442220813

In his new book, Lessons from a Diplomatic Life: Watching Flowers from Horseback, retired State Department official and career diplomat Marshall P. Adair recounts and reflects on his time in the US Foreign Service. The story of his assignments throughout the world reveals important details about significant foreign policy issues and historic events, including Bosnia, American policy toward Tibet, the 1988 Burmese uprising, and the foundations of the current US-China relationship. It provides the reader with an inside look at the history of the US State Department, US diplomacy, and US foreign policy of recent decades, during what was often an unstable and uncertain time. This first-hand, detailed account of the author’s work with foreign governments and populations provides a unique outlook on US relations around the world that has critical policy implications for the situations we face today. Through this retelling, Adair illuminates how the depth and accuracy needed of diplomats and Foreign Service agents requires a close and intimate understanding of the cultures and governments they work with.

The United States and Coercive Diplomacy

The United States and Coercive Diplomacy
Author: Robert J. Art
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781929223459

"As Robert Art makes clear in a groundbreaking conclusion, those results have been mixed at best. Art dissects the uneven performance of coercive diplomacy and explains why it has sometimes worked and why it has more often failed."--BOOK JACKET.