In connection with the death of noted pianist, Van Cliburn, James Wilson in the State Department’s Historical Division came up with the following 1960 Embassy Moscow dispatch drafted by our colleague Hans Tuch that may be of interest to our readers.

by Yale Richmond

by John Brown

by Robert Baker

by Bruce Gregory

Review by Dennis M. Murphy
Reconstruction and Peace Building in the Balkans: The Brcko Experience by Robert William Farrand. With Allison Frendak-Blume, Rowland and Littlefield: Lanham, MD, ISBN: 978-1-4422-1235-0, 2011. 310 pp.

A Historical Analysis
by Ted Lipien

Poland During the Cold War
by Dick Virden

The Nuts and Bolts of Mounting a Major Bicentennial Celebration in Germany by Robert Baker   The Watergate scandals and President Nixon’s resignation had seriously damaged America’s reputation. Germany’s reaction in the aftermath was partly to pat us on the … Read more

by Bruce K. Byers I. Osama bin Laden is gone and the U.S. government has been analyzing the trove of information the Navy SEALS took with them from his compound in Abbottabad on May 2. His careful record keeping has … Read more

Review by William P. Kiehl
The Practice of Public Diplomacy: Confronting Challenges Abroad, Edited by William A. Rugh, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, March 2011, ISBN: 978-0-230-11322-0, 280 pp.

Using Exchanges to Extend the Reach of U.S. Soft Power
by Giles Scott-Smith

Review by Michael Schneider, Ph.D.
Trials of Engagement: The Future of US Public Diplomacy, Ed. By Ali Fisher and Scott Lucas Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden- Boston, 2011, ISBN 13-978-9004179400, 312 pp.

by Yale Richmond

We are pleased to announce the publication of the third edition of Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, the third edition of the American Foreign Service Association’s popular introduction to the Foreign Service. This all-new volume rolled off the … Read more

Review by June Kunsman
Jan Melissen and Ana Mar Fernandez, (Eds.) Consular Affairs and Diplomacy, Leyden, Netherlands: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-90-04-18876-1, 334 pp.

by William Sommers

An Assessment of British Female Ambassadors in Overcoming Gender Heirarchy, 1990-2010
by Talyn Rahman

Reader Comment on: “Public Diplomacy in Uniform: The Role of the U.S. Department of Defense in Supporting Modern Day Public Diplomacy” www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2011/0104/comm/greensapn_pduniform.html by James Rockwell, Financial Management Specialist, Global Financial Services Center, Department of State This (rather biased) article shoots … Read more

Reader Comment on: “Public Diplomacy in Uniform: The Role of the U.S. Department of Defense in Supporting Modern Day Public Diplomacy” www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2011/0104/comm/greensapn_pduniform.html by James Rockwell, Financial Management Specialist, Global Financial Services Center, Department of State This (rather biased) article shoots … Read more