Category: Reader Comments

TO:                  The Editor, American Diplomacy SUBJECT:      Geographic Bureaucracies and National Security I read with interest the recent posting by a group of authors from the Joint Forces Staff College entitled “Geographic Bureaucracies and National Security: The Need For a Common … Read more

from R. J. DelVecchio

from Sam Holliday

from Francis P. Sempa,

Letters from Readers on March 2002 article

from J. R. Bullington

Stephanie S. Kinney, who contributed a landmark study of Foreign Service attitudes and opinions to the Summer 2000 issue of the journal [Developing Diplomats for 2010: If Not Now, When?], sent us the following “Open Forum” notice describing recent reform-related … Read more

AGREEMENT ON INDONESIA POLICY June 22, 2000 I agree with Theodore Friend’s analysis and recommendations for U.S. policy toward Indonesia [Indonesia: Confronting the Political and Economic Crisis, Spring 2000]. I look forward to reading his forthcoming book. I was also … Read more

    Amb. Jim Bullington, who has a commentary on Viet Nam in the current issue of this journal, recently was named American Peace Corps director in Niger. Writing his first impressions of his assignment to a number of friends … Read more

American Diplomacy Announces SIGNIFICANT BOOKS SURVEY The editor and publisher of American Diplomacy announce an inquiry which we hope will elicit thought, comment, and maybe some controversy. We invite you, our readers, to send us your compilation of a top … Read more

PRESIDENTIAL MILITARY SERVICE March 28, 2000 In response to Bill Mitton’s question [Letters from Readers, Winter 2000], I don’t know if the following would qualify as “leading troops”, but President Lincoln was with troops under Confederate fire at Fort Stevens … Read more

PRESIDENTIAL MILITARY SERVICE January 1, 2000 I hope you can help me out with some information. I am from Canada and trying to learn about American history and in particular U.S. presidents. I came across the following question in a … Read more

KOSOVO ALTERNATIVES? July 29, 1999 Jim Bullington did an excellent job summarizing all the standard arguments of why NATO should not have intervened militarily in Kosovo and Bosnia before it [American Interests, American Values, and War in the Balkans, SUMMER … Read more

 HOW MANY PALESTINE REFUGEES? January 13, 1999 I enjoyed reading Ambassador Eilts article on the Wye accords [ãThe Wye Memorandum: Breakthrough or Band-aid?ä WINTER 1999]. Respectfully, I would like to correct one of the points he made. The number of … Read more