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Comment On: Review of The Great Cold War

June 2009

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: Defining Terrorism

February 2009

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: Iraq, the Foreign Service, and Duty

November 2007

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