Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, All-New Third Edition of the Essential Guide to the Foreign Service - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0964948842 ISBN 13: 9780964948846

Publisher: American Foreign Service Association, 2011

Synopsis

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 the job. Personal reports from the field give a sense of the extraordinary challenges—the coups, the natural disasters, the civil wars—and rewards of representing America to the world.

Inside a U.S. Embassy includes new chapters on the highly competitive Foreign Service entrance process, Foreign Service life outside the embassy, and briefings on topics such as handling high-level visits and service in war zones.

About this title

From the Back Cover

An American embassy is home to a dynamic team of professionals committed to public service and the value of diplomacy. Inside a U.S. Embassy takes you behind the scenes, into the day-to-day work and lives of embassy team members from Caracas to Casablanca, from Kabul to Conakry, and everywhere in between. Get to know the U.S. Foreign Service, working overseas, experiencing diverse cultures, and meeting the challenge of making a difference in the world.

About the Author

Shawn Dorman is the Editor-in-Chief of The Foreign Service Journal and directs the book program for the American Foreign Service Association. She has written extensively on issues related to the diplomatic career. A former U.S. Foreign Service political officer, Dorman has served in Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, and Russia and in the State Department Operations Center in Washington, DC.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Foreign Service Association
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0964948842
• ISBN 13: 9780964948846
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Dorman Shawn