First Line of Defense : Ambassadors, Embassies and American Interests Abroad

by The American Academy of Diplomacy

A collection of personal accounts by senior American ambassadors about the role of diplomacy in U.S. international relations. An introduction highlights the changes in international relations brought by dramatic changes in information technology and transportation. A conclusion discusses the infrastructure of American diplomacy needed to cope with an increasingly complex, disorderly and dangerous post-Cold War world. Among the Ambassadors who relate their experiences in this volume Robert Strauss in the Soviet Union; Walter Mondale in Japan; Raymond Seitz in the United Kingdom; Frank Carlucci in Portugal; Elinor Constable in Kenya; Richard Gardner in Spain; James Jones in Mexico; James Blanchard in Canada; Frank Wisner in India; Michael Armacost in the Philippines; Harry Shlaudeman in Venezuela; Robert Oakley in Pakistan, and Thomas Pickering at the United Nations.

124 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000