A unique reference source for the history of U.S. foreign policy making and diplomacy through the experiences of the 65 Secretaries of State who have crafted and implemented it.
EDWARD S. MIHALKANIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University, San Marcos. He is the author of The Role of the Embassador with Warren Kieth Neisler in U.S.-Latin American Policymaking: A Reference Handbook (1995), The Abkhazians: A Minority in their Own Homeland, in De Facto States: The Quest for Sovereignty (2003), and, with Robert Gorman, Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations (1997).
"Although the role of the office has changed over the years, th
secretary of state has always been a critical member of the
president's cabinet. This volume, edited by a political scientist,
provides information about the persons who have defined U.S.
foreign policy, the issues they have faced, and the impact they
have had....[t]his volume pulls it all together, updates it, and
offers current perspective on the lives and contributions of these
important persons. Recommended for public and academic
libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?[A] standard reference any serious political science collection
should have.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
?Although the role of the office has changed over the years, th
secretary of state has always been a critical member of the
president's cabinet. This volume, edited by a political scientist,
provides information about the persons who have defined U.S.
foreign policy, the issues they have faced, and the impact they
have had....[t]his volume pulls it all together, updates it, and
offers current perspective on the lives and contributions of these
important persons. Recommended for public and academic
libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Entries, by prominent diplomatic historians, are extremely well
written, not only covering each secretary's term in office but
offering scholarly judgments concerning his or her place in
history. Highly recommended. All libraries.?-Choice
"�A� standard reference any serious political science collection
should have."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
"[A] standard reference any serious political science collection
should have."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
"Entries, by prominent diplomatic historians, are extremely well
written, not only covering each secretary's term in office but
offering scholarly judgments concerning his or her place in
history. Highly recommended. All libraries."-Choice
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