Category: Look Back

The author surveys a dispute bearing on national security of almost half a century ago between the White House and the U. S. Senate and within the Senate itself. Ideas of surrender or even defeat, he points out, have long … Read more

French-American relations have been strained for more than a year, given that the government in Paris flatly opposed the U. S. incursion into Iraq. This essay provides a broader historical perspective on relations that go back more than two centuries.—Ed. … Read more

Amb. Schaffer presents below a balanced appreciation of one of the most distinguished senior American diplomats ever. This article, drawn from the author’s book of the same title published in 2003, takes a generally admiring approach, but also points up … Read more

by Lucy Chester

EXTRACT FROM ORAL HISTORY OF AMBASSADOR HUME HORAN

by Francis P. Sempa

by Charles G. Stefan