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Published by AFSA, Edited by Shawn Dorman The most informative book on the inner workings of U.S. embassies around the world. A must-read for anyone considering a Foreign Service career. A U.S.Embassy is home to a dynamic team of professionals committed to public service and the value of diplomacy. Inside a U.S. Embassy gives an up-close and personal look into the work and lives of the diplomats and specialists who make up the U.S. Foreign Service. "Inside a U.S. Embassy is a fascinating look at foreign policy in practice through the eyes of U.S. diplomats." Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del., Ranking Minority Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ordering information: The price is $12.95 plus shipping and handling.Order at www.afsa.org/inside. 
Foreign at Home and Away: Foreign-Born Wives in the U.S. Foreign Service Reviewed by Tales from a Small Planet by Margaret Bender © 2002 ISBN: 0595225217 $16.95 An Indian-born foreign service officer killed in the U.S. embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya. An Austrian-born doctor who volunteered her medical skills in Japan, South Vietnam, and Iran. A French-speaking woman from a remote village in Gabon. These are just three of the women whose stories are told in this book-women born in other countries who, through their marriages to American diplomats, became representatives of the United States. While they experience immigrant life in a unique way, they share the challenges faced by other women in cross-cultural marriages away from their own countries. - Back Cover. Australian-born author Margaret Bender is a writer, editor, teacher of English as a Second Language, and a foreign service wife. She has lived in Austria, England, Germany, India, Israel, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. Other books reviewed by Tales from a Small Planet The Accidental Diplomat by Kathryn Hughes Daughters of Britannia - The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives by Katie Hickman
Married to the Foreign Service: An Oral History of the American Diplomatic Spouse by Jewell Fenzi with Carl Nelson © 1994 ISBN: 0-8057912-2-1 $20.00
The Broadview Book of Diplomatic Anecdotes Gordon Martel © 1991 ISBN: 0-921149-85-9
The Unknown Ambassadors: A Saga of Citizenship by Phyllis Michaux © 1996 ISBN: 0-9639260-2-0 $15.95
by Katherine Hughes At last someone has devoted a book to the trials and tribulations of the Foreign Service spouse which goes beyond the usual anecdotes of tea parties and cultural misunderstandings. It is a thorough exploration of the motivations and levels of satisfaction felt by current spouses, expressed in clear, easy-to-read language. --Reviewed by Pamela Perraud © 1998 ISBN: 0-9639260-7-1 $17.95
The Foreign Service Reader: Selected Articles from 77 Years of the Foreign Service Journal Compiled and edited by Daniel Oliver Newberry © 1997 ISBN: 0-964988-1-8
No Fixed Address: Life in the Foreign Service Christine Hantell-Fraser © 1993 ISBN: 0802067999 $17.00 |
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