November 2019
New items for November 2019
Reporting on the Spread of HIV in China
by David Cowhig Chinese physician Dr. Wang Shuping predicted the HIV epidemic among Henan peasant blood sellers and eventually raised the alarm all the way to Beijing when local and provincial authorities ignored the rapid spread of HIV among the … Read more
Hong Kong — Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
by Dick Virden
Learning About Islam: From Ignorance to Understanding
by Benjamin Tua
Terrorism: Agreeing on the Basics
by Ophir Falk
A Rare Bloom in Beijing
by Diane Johnston
U.S. Diplomatic Engagement and Cultural Heritage Protection
by Larry Schwartz
Adapted from Newberry Series Lecture at Dacor-Bacon House
Washington, D.C., July 13, 2018
U.S. Embassy Tokyo Role in the Establishment of U.S.-Mongolia Relations
by Alicia J. Campi
Post-War Burma, a First-Hand Account from John Cady
Excerpted with permission of Ohio University from “Contacts with Burma, 1935-1949: A Personal Account”.
Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Faraway Lands
Review by John M. Handley
Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Faraway Lands, by Peter D. Eicher: Potomac Books, 2018, 370 pages with end-notes and index. ISBN 978-1-61234-970-1.
Responding to the Call for Volunteers “From Every Race and Walk of Life”
by John Coyne
U.S. Ambassadors who Served in the Peace Corps
Editor’s note: This is an unofficial list compiled by John Coyne. Please send any additions or corrections to editor@americandiplomacy.org.
Pioneering an International Urban Development Program
A Frontline Snapshot of USAID History
by Eric Chetwynd, Jr.
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.
The Marshall Plan: Seventy Years Since the Start of a Great Diplomatic Effort
by Thomas E. McNamara
U.S.-China Relations and the Art of the Deal
by Beatrice Camp
Introduction from Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
by Rick Barton
1981: Hollywood Goes to China–First U.S. Film Week in The People’s Republic
by Margaret C. Pearson
Winds of Change
Chapter 6 of The Atlanticists: A Story of American Diplomacy
by Ken Weisbrode
Moment of Truth—At the Helm
Chapter 17 of Cotton Fields to Summits: The View from Contested Ground
by George Kennedy