Frontline Diplomacy: the U.S. Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection

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Frontline Diplomacy: the U.S. Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection

1986-1998

https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2006085315

CD-ROM containing transcripts of individual histories along with country specific readers documenting U.S. foreign affairs. Interviewees include career and noncareer diplomats, Foreign Service and Civil Service personnel from agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Congress, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Dept. of State, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, and the United States Information Agency, spouses, and U.S. military officers. Published by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Arlington, Va., in 2000. Edited by Marilyn Bentley and Marie Warner. Also includes a cd-rom of interview transcripts and another of administrative information.

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 8077557

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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