Career Diplomacy

Georgetown University Press …

Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the U.S. Foreign Service

Harry W. Kopp and Charles A. Gillespie

“The best description of life the foreign service — its challenges, dangers, satisfactions, and fun — I have ever seen. It paints a superb picture of life abroad and at home, including both its good and bad aspects, and does a brilliant job of pointing out how our diplomacy must change if it is to meet the tremendous changes and challenges of the twenty-first century.”
— Hon. Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of State

“A gem, a one-stop shop for citizens, US officials, foreign diplomats, and prospective American Foreign Service Officers who want to understand how American diplomacy and foreign policy are organized and conducted.”
— Hon. Chester A. Crocker, James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies, Georgetown University

“Frank, incisive, and a good read. I don’t know how we got along without it.”
— General John A. Galvin, USA (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

“Reading this book will inspire young people to yearn for a foreign service career; will generate collegial confidence among policy makers in other government branches; and will assure citizens that their foreign service tax dollars are well spent.”
— Dr. Lewis Goodman, Dean, School of International Service, American University

“Career Diplomacy is a fascinating and readable book about one of America’s lesser known assets — the Diplomatic Service.”
— Hon. James R. Jones, former US ambassador to Mexico and Chairman of the World Affairs Councils of America