Tag: Civil Unrest & Revolution
Spike Lee Brings Back Vietnam Memories of Race and the Bond in Combat
by Kenneth M. Quinn
The Impolite American Consul: A Memoir of the 1966 Buddhist Struggle Movement in Hué
by James R. Bullington
Trauma in Togo
by Mark Wentling In April 1991, while I was serving in Lomé, Togo as the USAID Representative for Togo and Benin, protests in Lomé against the dictatorial regime of President Eyadéma reached the boiling point. One night, President Eyadéma’s barbaric … Read more
Foreign Service Accounts from the Oral History Archives
August marks the 30th anniversary of the Burmese student pro-democracy demonstrations that began on “8/8/88”. The U.S. subsequently withdrew its ambassador in protest of the military regime, beginning a hiatus in relations that lasted until 2012.
“National Security: Terrorism and Violent Regime Change”
Keynote Address, 2013 DACOR Annual Conference, September 27, 2013
by Thomas E. McNamara
Mideast Revolutions and Diplomacy
by Ambassador (ret) William Rugh, Ph.D. A distinguished retired diplomat with decades of experience in the region provides us with his look at the current turmoil in the Middle East, its promises and its pitfalls.–Ed. The events we have witnessed … Read more
The Case Against Pinochet
By J. Craig Barker The author addresses, in the Chilean context, human rights questions and international law bearing on heads of state. Given the current conflict in the Balkans, clearly the topic could come to have have wider interest on … Read more