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On Diplomacy

  • We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by Peter Van Buren
  • American Diplomats: The Foreign Service at Work by William D. Morgan and Charles Stuart Kennedy
  • Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower by John Brady Kiesling
  • Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America by the American Foreign Service Association
  • United States Protocol: The Guide to Official Diplomatic Etiquette by Ambassador Mary French

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Events on February 26, 2012
  • Panel Discussion Co-Sponsored with FSYF
    Starts: 2:00 pm
    Ends: February 26, 2012 - 4:00 pm
    Description: AAFSW is co-sponsoring a panel on Global Nomads/Third-Culture Kids with the Foreign Service Youth Foundation on Sunday, Feb. 26 from 2-4 at Oakwood Falls Church. Adults in their 20s and beyond who grew up internationally will discuss the long-term effects of their mobile childhoods. This is a free event with light refreshments. Please contact office@aafsw.org to RSVP.
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