Tag: South and Central Asia
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
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
reviewed by Jon P. Dorschner
Reimagining Pakistan
(Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State)
Review by Jon P. Dorschner
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Review by Donald Camp
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century By George Packer
A New Cold War: Personal Reflections Regarding Russia’s Missed Opportunities with NATO, Ukraine and Its Western Neighbors
by Keith C. Smith
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
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”.
Books of Interest Fall 2018
Near Abroad, Thailand, The Road to Unfreedom, US Counterterrorism, In Praise of Blood, The Darkening Web, China’s Great Wall of Debt, The Peace Makers
The Doctor and the Saint
Review by Jon Dorschner
The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and “The Annihilation of Caste” by Arundhati Roy. Haymarket Books: May 2017. ISBN 978-1-60846-797-6. 171 pp.
Let’s Talk Seriously About Afghanistan
by Amb. Michael W. Cotter (ret.) The media is full of information about the conflict in Afghanistan. Some of the coverage supports the Trump administration’s plan to increase the U.S. military presence in that country; some of it is opposed. … Continued
To the Secretary: Leaked Cables and America’s Foreign Policy Disconnect
Review by Renee M. Earle
To the Secretary: Leaked Cables and America’s Foreign Policy Disconnect. ISBN 978-0-393-24658-2. W.W. Norton & Company. Mary Thompson-Jones
Foreign Service Accounts from the Oral History Archives: Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Interview covers: Biography, Vietnam, Kissinger, Paris Peace Talks The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Ambassador John D. Negroponte Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial Interview date: February 11, 2000 Copyright 2017 ADST http://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Whitehead-John.toc_.pdf INTERVIEW … Continued
The Voice of America and Public Diplomacy
by Hans N. Tuch Currently there is no institutional functional or operational relationship between the Department of State and the Voice of America, a relationship that served the successful conduct of U.S. public diplomacy for many years—from the early 1950s … Continued
Democracy and Values of the Enlightenment Under Siege
by Marc Grossman Reprinted with permission from the author and YaleGlobal Online. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/increasingly-authoritarian-world-can-people-embrace-enlightenment-20WASHINGTON: Many US Presidents since John F. Kennedy have cited the Enlightenment as the foundation for America’s constitutional system and the values which the United States and the … Continued