Comment On: Review of The Great Cold War
www.unc.edu/ depts/diplomat/item/2009/0103/ book/book_bullington_barrass.html From: Yale Richmond, FSO Retired In your review of Gordon Barrass’s The Great Cold War you quote the CIA’s Milt Bearden as saying “We didn’t realize just how f***ing scared Soviet leaders were of us!” I am … Read more
Comment On: “How Somali Pirates Could Take Obama Hostage”
From: Col. James L. Abrahamson
COMMENT ON: Defining Terrorism
COMMENT ON: “Defining Terrorism: It Shouldn’t be Confused with Insurgency” www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2008/1012/comm/smith_defining.html From: Graham Gourley I just finished reading the insightful article, “Defining Terrorism: It Shouldn’t be Confused with Insurgency,” by Haviland Smith and wanted to simply say how much I … Read more
COMMENT ON: Selecting a New Secretary of State – Does Being a White Male Disqualify You Automatically?
The writer is a retired senior Foreign Service Officer who spent 25 years with the State Department as a science/economics officer. She is Asian-American. She feels strongly that our foreign affairs challenges require that we select the best individuals – … Read more
COMMENT ON: “Torturing Ourselves Over Torture”
from William Smith, Bemidji, Minnesota
COMMENT ON: Blacklisted by History Book Review
from Robert T. McMahan
COMMENT ON: “Ending Tyranny”
from Yale Richmond
COMMENT ON: “Cross and Crescent”
from Sam Holliday
COMMENT ON: Cushman vs. Hoffman: America’s General Officer Corps
from John H. Cushman
Comment On: Japanese-American Wartime Interactions
from Samantha West
COMMENT ON: “The New Face of Central Asia”
from Kevin Litchfield
COMMENT ON: William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Cold War
from Yale Richmond
COMMENT ON: Torturing Ourselves over Torture
from William S. Shepard
COMMENT ON: Global Security Challenges: Report on a Speech by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski
from Jay Scott
COMMENT ON: Torturing Ourselves over Torture
from Alan Berlind
COMMENT ON: After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For
from Sam Holliday
Comment on Diplomacy for Irregular Warfare
from Sam C. Holliday
COMMENT ON: “Iraq, the Foreign Service, and Duty”
from Michael W. Cotter
Comment On: Iraq, the Foreign Service, and Duty
COMMENT ON: “Iraq, the Foreign Service, and Duty” FROM: Amb. (ret.) Michael W. Cotter Vice-President, American Diplomacy Publishers In his recent editorial “Iraq, the Foreign Service, and Duty,” our distinguished editor makes several assumptions about today’s Foreign Service with which … Read more