The Voice Of The Foreign Service

Author : Harry W. Kopp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0964948834

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The Voice of the Foreign Service by Harry W. Kopp Pdf

The U.S. Foreign Service and the American Foreign Service Association were born together in 1924. In this first-ever book about the association's more than 90-year history, author Harry Kopp chronicles the evolution of the Foreign Service and the events and personalities that shaped AFSA into what it is today. Published by Foreign Service Books, The Voice of the Foreign Service combines an institutional history of America's diplomatic service from its earliest days to the present, with the twinned story of the American Foreign Service Association and its transformation from a benevolent society to an independent professional organization and exclusive employee representative of all members of the Foreign Service.

Author : Shawn Dorman
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781612344676

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Inside a U.S. Embassy by Shawn Dorman Pdf

Inside a U.S. Embassy is widely recognized as the essential guide to the Foreign Service. This all-new third edition takes readers to more than fifty U.S. missions around the world, introducing Foreign Service professionals and providing detailed descriptions of their jobs and firsthand accounts of diplomacy in action. In addition to profiles of diplomats and specialists around the world-from the ambassador to the consular officer, the public diplomacy officer to the security specialist-is a selection from more than twenty countries of day-in-the-life accounts, each describing an actual day on.

Author : Patricia Linderman,Melissa Brayer Hess
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595250776

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Realities of Foreign Service Life by Patricia Linderman,Melissa Brayer Hess Pdf

Mention a diplomatic career and most people imagine high-level meetings, formal dress and cocktail parties. Few stop to think that behind the occasional glitter of official functions are thousands of families facing all the routines and crises of life-births, deaths, childrearing, divorce-far from home, relatives, and friends, in an unfamiliar and sometimes unfriendly country and culture. This book provides reflections and perspectives on the realities of Foreign Service life as experienced by members of the Foreign Service community around the world. The writers share their unvarnished views on a wide variety of topics they care about: maintaining long-distance relationships, raising teens abroad, dealing with depression, coping with evacuations, readjusting to life in the United States, and many others. These are stories from the diplomatic trenches-true experiences from those who have lived the lifestyle and want to share their hard-learned lessons with others. If you are new to the Foreign Service, this book will offer insights and practical information useful in your overseas tours and when you return home. Even if you are a seasoned veteran of the Foreign Service, the reports and reflections of others may encourage you to compare and evaluate your own experiences. If you (or your partner) are contemplating joining the Foreign Service, this book can serve as a reality check, giving you honest, personal perspectives on both the positive and negative aspects of Foreign Service life. If you are a student wondering what the Foreign Service is all about, this book will broaden your knowledge and provide you with an insider's view not found in any textbook.

Author : Harry Kopp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798988253006

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The Voice of the Foreign Service by Harry Kopp Pdf

Author : Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1475909446

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Realities of Foreign Service Life by Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Pdf

Mention a diplomatic career and most people imagine high-level meetings, formal dress and cocktail parties. Few stop to think that behind the occasional glitter of official functions are thousands of families facing all the routines and crises of life-births, deaths, childrearing, divorce-far from home, relatives, and friends, in an unfamiliar and sometimes unfriendly country and culture. This book provides reflections and perspectives on the realities of Foreign Service life as experienced by members of the Foreign Service community around the world. The writers share their unvarnished views on a wide variety of topics they care about: maintaining long-distance relationships, raising teens abroad, dealing with depression, coping with evacuations, readjusting to life in the United States, and many others. These are stories from the diplomatic trenches-true experiences from those who have lived the lifestyle and want to share their hard-learned lessons with others. ?If you are new to the Foreign Service, this book will offer insights and practical information useful in your overseas tours and when you return home. Even if you are a seasoned veteran of the Foreign Service, the reports and reflections of others may encourage you to compare and evaluate your own experiences. ? If you (or your partner) are contemplating joining the Foreign Service, this book can serve as a reality check, giving you honest, personal perspectives on both the positive and negative aspects of Foreign Service life. ? If you are a student wondering what the Foreign Service is all about, this book will broaden your knowledge and provide you with an insider's view not found in any textbook.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : UCR:31210014946667

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The Foreign Service Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations Pdf

Author : Harry Kopp,John K. Naland
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : 9781626164697

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Career Diplomacy by Harry Kopp,John K. Naland Pdf

Ronald Neumann, former US ambassador and president of the American Academy of Diplomacy, called the second edition of Career Diplomacy a "must-read for those seeking understanding of today's foreign service." In this third edition Kopp and Naland, both of whom had distinguished careers in the field, provide an authoritative and candid account of the foreign service, exploring the five career tracks--consular, political, economic, management, and public diplomacy--through their own experience and through interviews with over one hundred current and former foreign service officials. The book includes significant revisions and updates from the previous edition, such as: Obama administration's use of the foreign service; a thorough discussion of the relationship of the foreign service and the Department of State to other agencies, and to the combatant commands; an expanded analysis of hiring procedures; commentary on challenging management issues in the Department of State, including the proliferation of political appointments, the rapid growth in the number of high-level positions, and the difficulties of running an agency with employees in two personnel systems (civil service and foreign service); and a fresh examination of the changing nature and demographics of the foreign service. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and list of websites and blogs on the subject.

Author : Yücel Güçlü
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443879750

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Zeki Kuneralp and the Turkish Foreign Service by Yücel Güçlü Pdf

This book is not a conventional biography. It is not only a portrait of a larger-than-life Turkish diplomat, whose Foreign Service career spanned almost four decades – from 1941 to 1979 – but also offers a glimpse into the evolution of the organization of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and provides an account of the attitudes and methods of the Ministry’s officials. A good biography should cast light upon its subject’s times as well as his – or her – life; upon the way things were done, as much as upon the way a particular individual reacted and behaved. As such, in this book, not only is Zeki Kuneralp the man addressed but also the great developments of his time are explored extensively. The book blends biographical narrative with explorations of various aspects of the foreign policy issues with which Kuneralp was involved. The book treats in detail the major problems with which Kuneralp was directly concerned at each of his postings: that is, meeting the right people abroad, promoting Turkish interests, reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, subordinating local matters to the political and economic goals of Turkey, and conducting diplomacy so as always to be in accord with Ankara’s policy makers, whose big picture he always kept in mind.

Author : Harry W. Kopp
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589017542

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Career Diplomacy by Harry W. Kopp Pdf

Career Diplomacy—now in its second edition—is an insider's guide that examines the foreign service as an institution, a profession, and a career. Harry W. Kopp and Charles A. Gillespie, both of whom had long and distinguished careers in the foreign service, provide a full and well-rounded picture of the organization, its place in history, its strengths and weaknesses, and its role in American foreign affairs. Based on their own experiences and through interviews with over 100 current and former foreign service officers and specialists, the authors lay out what to expect in a foreign service career, from the entrance exam through midcareer and into the senior service—how the service works on paper, and in practice. The second edition addresses major changes that have occurred since 2007: the controversial effort to build an expeditionary foreign service to lead the work of stabilization and reconstruction in fragile states; deepening cooperation with the U.S. military and the changing role of the service in Iraq and Afghanistan; the ongoing surge in foreign service recruitment and hiring at the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development; and the growing integration of USAID’s budget and mission with those of the Department of State.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127332281

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The Public Service by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3637260

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Post Office Department Appropriation Bill for 1950 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : UCR:31210024776260

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Oversight of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113722198

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Foreign Service Buildings Act Amendments, 1963 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs Pdf

Author : William D. Morgan,Charles Stuart Kennedy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780595329748

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American Diplomats by William D. Morgan,Charles Stuart Kennedy Pdf

What do the men and women of America's diplomatic corps do? William D. Morgan and Charles Stuart Kennedy, themselves career diplomats, culled over 1400 oral interviews with their Foreign Service peers to present forty excerpts covering events from the 1920s to the 1990s. Insiders recount what happens when a consul spies on Nazi Germany, Mao Tse-Tung drops by for a chat, the Cold War begins with the Berlin blockade, the Marshall Plan rescues Europe, Sukarno moves Indonesia into the communist camp, Khrushchev calls President Kennedy an SOB, and our ambassador is murdered in Kabul. "You are there" accounts deepen readers' understanding, as diplomatic and consular officers talk about the beginnings of Kremlinology, predicting a coup in Ecuador, Hemingway and the embassy in Havana, the secret formulation of the NATO treaty, Jerusalem after the British and the US recognition of Israel, fighting in the Congo over Katangan secession, dealing with an alcoholic foreign president, human rights work in Paraguay, the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, helping families of the Pan Am 103 victims, Greece and Turkey at odds over a tiny island, embassy roles in Riyadh and Tel Aviv during Desert Storm, and many more.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:00186239076

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Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Department of State. Hearings Before the Subcommittee by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf