The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.

From Sadat to Saddam: The Decline of American Diplomacy in the Middle East is a first-hand account of 30 years in the diplomatic trenches of U.S. Middle East policy. The work reveals that the decline of U.S. diplomatic effectiveness well predates the arrival of the Trump administration.

An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who-in a career of service to the country-was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the wars in the Balkans to the brutality of North Korea to the endless war in Iraq, this is the real life of an American diplomat. Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans at the breakup of Yugoslavia. He takes us from one-on-one meetings with the dictator...

"The autobiography of one of America's highly esteemed diplomats, Ambassador Anthony "Tony" C. E. Quainton, and his long and storied career in eleven countries on six continents in a unique diversity of top posts"--

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.

What does a diplomat do? Carol Stricker shares stories from her distinguished career over 25 years with the U.S. Department of State. From Angola to Zimbabwe and often in harm's way, she kept embassies running, ran an embassy as acting ambassador, and helped on such diverse issues as eliminating thousands of nuclear weapons in Ukraine and working to stop genocide in Burundi.With a dash of humor, a dose of history and some lessons for today, Ms. Stricker...