This reference history describes and analyzes the State Department and Foreign Service of the United States. It also outlines the history of three major State Department functions, namely, the treatymaking process and record, representation in international conferences, and participation in international organizations and other agencies. The volume covers more than two centuries--from the genesis of American diplomacy to the 1990s. Unlike other works, this volume deals with such matters as departmental organization and management; personnel and staffing; administrative practices, reform, and reorganization; and the Department's operations, functions, principal and other officers, and problems. The volume consists of eight chapters, extensively footnoted, each of which focuses on successive periods grouped in four major historical eras. Tables are designed to serve as further reference for long-range historical analysis and exploration. The book is supplemented with three appendixes and a comprehensive bibliography. A complete and up-to-date major reference, this will be an asset to the reference collections of both academic and public libraries.
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“"Plischke has written the most comprehensive, detailed, and balanced history of the US Department of State to date in a single volume source...Highly Recommended for all readership levels."”–Choice
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ELMER PLISCHKE is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a recognized authority on U.S. foreign relations and State Department matters.
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"What is past is prologue" reads the inscription emblazoned on the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.an expression coined by Shakespeare as used in The Tempest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ministerial diplomacy, international policy declarations, consular practice, multipartite agreement, sequential appointments, presidential ratification, diplomatic appointees, courtesy resignations, presidential special envoys, foreign affairs personnel, special diplomatic envoys, presidential doctrines, formal state visits, postal affairs, departmental bureaus, postal conventions, departmental clerks, managing foreign affairs, consular establishments, diplomatic secretaries, extraneous functions, parliamentary diplomacy, presented recall, geographic offices, consular officers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Department of State, Great Britain, State Department, United Nations, New York, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Secretaries, President Roosevelt, Continental Congress, Envoy Extraordinary, Soviet Union, Latin American, Vice President, House of Representatives, Economic Summit Meeting, Secretary Hull, John Quincy Adams, President Truman, Attorney General, Minister Resident, Middle East, White House, Organization of American States, United Kingdom New!
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United States, Department of State, Great Britain, State Department, United Nations, New York, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Secretaries, President Roosevelt, Continental Congress, Envoy Extraordinary, Soviet Union, Latin American, Vice President, House of Representatives, Economic Summit Meeting, Secretary Hull, John Quincy Adams, President Truman, Attorney General, Minister Resident, Middle East, White House, Organization of American States, United Kingdom New!
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