Books by Members

First Line of Defense

The American

Academy of Diplomacy

Our Man is Inside

Diego

Asencio

Currency Conflict and Trade Policy: A New Strategy for the United States

C. Fred

Bergsten

& Joseph E. Gagnon

Ambassador’s Apprentice: A Foreign Service Memoir

Everett Ellis

Briggs

Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon

Ash

Carter

Intervening in Africa: Superpower Peacemaking in a Troubled Continent

Herman J.

Cohen

Diplomacy and the Future of the World Order

Chester A.

Crocker

& Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall

The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at U.S International Economic Policymaking

Kenneth W.

Dam

Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East

Edward P.

Djerejian

Diversifying Diplomacy: My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar (Adst-dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy)

Harriet Lee

Elam-Thomas

& Jim Robison

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

Robert M.

Gates

Congress, Presidents, and American Politics: Fifty Years of Writings and Reflections

Lee H.

Hamilton

High-Value Target: Countering al Qaeda in Yemen

Edmund J.

Hull

Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy

Robert

Hutchings

& Jeremi Suri

Every Day Is Extra

John

Kerry

Pathways to Peace: America and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Daniel

Kutzer

Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History

John

Limbert

Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia

William

Milan

The Other War: Winning and Losing in Afghanistan

Ronald E.

Neumann

Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump

Joseph S.

Nye, Jr.

The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.―Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times

Steven

Pifer

Ethical Diplomacy and the Trump Administration

Charles

Ray

Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

Susan

Rice

Dealings: A Political and Financial Life

Felix

Rohatyn

Front Line Public Diplomacy: How US Embassies Communicate with Foreign Publics

William A.

Rugh

India at the Global High Table: The Quest for Regional Primacy and Strategic Autonomy

Teresita

Schaffer

Howard Schaffer

Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence

Wendy

Sherman

China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement

David H.

Shinn

& Joshua Eisenman

The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy

Strobe

Talbott

The Failure of Presidential Democracy: Comparative Perspectives

Arturo

Valenzuela

Juan J. Linz

Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World

Robin

Wright

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Robert B.

Zoellick

Madam Secretary

Madeleine

Albright

The Joys and Perils of Serving Abroad: Memoirs of a U.S. Foreign
Service Family

Diego & Nancy

Asencio

The 1903 Skinner Mission to Ethiopia and A Century of American-Ethiopian Relations

Aurelia E. ,

Brazeal

& David H. Shinn, and Robert P. Skinner

Honor to State: Reflections of a Reagan-Bush Era Ambassador

Everett Ellis

Briggs

Hard Choices

Hillary R.

Clinton

Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington

Herman J.

Cohen

International Negotiation and Mediation in Violent Conflicts: The Changing Context of Peacemaking

Chester A.

Crocker

& Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall

The Bear and the Porcupine: The U.S. and Mexico

Jeffrey

Davidow

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy

James

Dobbins

America's Misadventures in the Middle East

Chas W.

Freeman Jr.

In the Photo’s Lower Right Corner: A Conversation with Ambassador Harry Geisel

Harold W.

Geisel

Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir

Christopher R.

Hill

Mission to Algiers: Diplomacy by Engagement

Cameron R.

Hume

Truth to Power: A History of the U.S. National Intelligence Council

Robert

Hutchings

& Gregory F. Treverton

Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East

Daniel

Kutzer

Scott Lasensky

The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies (The Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)

Dennis

Kux

Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City

John

Limbert

The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics

Walter

Mondale

Three Embassies, Four Wars: A Personal Memoir

Ronald E.

Neumann

Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

Aaron B.

O' Connell

Ronald E. Neumann

China Boys: How U.S. Relations with the PRC Began and Grew. a Personal Memoir

Nicholas

Platt

I Believe I can Touch the Sky: Stories from my Life

Charles

Ray

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

Condoleezza

Rice

Doomed to Succeed

Dennis

Ross

South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security

Stenn

Ryning

Ronald E. Neumann

Turmoil and Triumph: Diplomacy, Power, and the Victory of the American Deal

George

Schultz

Hizmet in Africa: The Activities and Significance of the Gülen Movement

David

Shinn

China and Africa: A Century of Engagement

David

Shinn

Joshua Eisenmann

The Failure of Presidential Democracy: The Case of Latin America

Arturo

Valenzuela

Juan J. Linz

The Young Black Leader's Guide to a Successful Career in International Affairs: What the Giants Want You to Know

Aaron

Williams

Taylor A. Jack, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917

Philip

Zelikow

Hope and History: A Memoir of Tumultuous Times

William J.

vanden Heuvel

Diplomats & Terrorists Or: How I Survived a 61-day Cocktail Party

Diego & Nancy

Asencio

The Politics of Diplomacy

James A.

Baker, III

Ethics, Technology and the American Way of War: Cruise Missiles and US Security Policy

Reuben E.

Brigety II

The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal

William J.

Burns

The Mind of the African Strongman: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures

Herman J.

Cohen

US Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik

Herman J.

Cohen

Wandering the World: Personal Recollections of a Life in Diplomacy

Walter L.

Cutler

DANGER ZONES: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests

John Gunther

Dean

President Carter: The White House Years

Stuart E.

Eizenstat

Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World

Robert M.

Gates

Negotiating the New START Treaty

Rose

Gottemoeller

Our Woman in Havana: A Diplomat’s Chronicle of America’s Long Struggle with Castro’s Cuba

Vicki

Huddleston

Modern Diplomacy in Practice

Robert

Hutchings

& Jeremi Suri

Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington: An American Diplomat’s Adventures South of the Sahara

Herman

J. "Hank" Cohen

The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011

Daniel

Kutzer

Scott B. Lasensky, William B. Quandt, Steven L. Spiegel, Shibley Telhami, Shibley Z. Telhami

Yellow Ribbon: The Secret Journal of Bruce Laingen

L. Bruce

Laingen

Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray–And How to Return to Reality

Jack

Matlock Jr.

Managing Overseas Operations: Kiss Your Latte Goodbye

Tibor

Nagy

Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History

Joseph S.

Nye, Jr.

& David A. Welch

Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace

Edward J.

Perkins

My American Journey

Colin

Powell

Ethical Dilemmas and the Practice of Diplomacy

Charles

Ray

Improving Decisionmaking in a Turbulent World

Charles P.

Ries

The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace

Dennis

Ross

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster

Teresita

Schaffer

Howard Schaffer

A World Transformed

Brent

Scowcroft

George H.W Bush

Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia

David H.

Shinn

Thomas P. Ofcansky

The Leader’s Bookshelf

James

Stavridis

R. Manning Ancell

A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet

Arturo

Valenzuela

Pamela Constable

A Life Unimagined: The Rewards of Mission-Driven Service in the Peace Corps and Beyond

Aaron S.

Williams

To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth

Philip

Zelikow

Condoleezza Rice

Books by Members

First Line of Defense

Our Man is Inside

Currency Conflict and Trade Policy: A New Strategy for the United States

Ambassador’s Apprentice: A Foreign Service Memoir

Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon

Intervening in Africa: Superpower Peacemaking in a Troubled Continent

Diplomacy and the Future of the World Order

The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at U.S International Economic Policymaking

Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East

Diversifying Diplomacy: My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar (Adst-dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy)

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

Congress, Presidents, and American Politics: Fifty Years of Writings and Reflections

High-Value Target: Countering al Qaeda in Yemen

Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy

Every Day Is Extra

Pathways to Peace: America and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History

Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia

The Other War: Winning and Losing in Afghanistan

Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump

The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.―Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times

Ethical Diplomacy and the Trump Administration

Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

Dealings: A Political and Financial Life

Front Line Public Diplomacy: How US Embassies Communicate with Foreign Publics

India at the Global High Table: The Quest for Regional Primacy and Strategic Autonomy

Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence

China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement

The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy

The Failure of Presidential Democracy: Comparative Perspectives

Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Madam Secretary

The Joys and Perils of Serving Abroad: Memoirs of a U.S. ForeignService Family

The 1903 Skinner Mission to Ethiopia and A Century of American-Ethiopian Relations

Honor to State: Reflections of a Reagan-Bush Era Ambassador

Hard Choices

Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington

International Negotiation and Mediation in Violent Conflicts: The Changing Context of Peacemaking

The Bear and the Porcupine: The U.S. and Mexico

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy

America's Misadventures in the Middle East

In the Photo’s Lower Right Corner: A Conversation with Ambassador Harry Geisel

Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir

Mission to Algiers: Diplomacy by Engagement

Truth to Power: A History of the U.S. National Intelligence Council

Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East

The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies (The Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)

Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City

The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics

Three Embassies, Four Wars: A Personal Memoir

Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

China Boys: How U.S. Relations with the PRC Began and Grew. a Personal Memoir

I Believe I can Touch the Sky: Stories from my Life

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

Doomed to Succeed

South Asia and the Great Powers: International Relations and Regional Security

Turmoil and Triumph: Diplomacy, Power, and the Victory of the American Deal

Hizmet in Africa: The Activities and Significance of the Gülen Movement

China and Africa: A Century of Engagement

The Failure of Presidential Democracy: The Case of Latin America

The Young Black Leader's Guide to a Successful Career in International Affairs: What the Giants Want You to Know

The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917

Hope and History: A Memoir of Tumultuous Times

Diplomats & Terrorists Or: How I Survived a 61-day Cocktail Party

The Politics of Diplomacy

Ethics, Technology and the American Way of War: Cruise Missiles and US Security Policy

The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal

The Mind of the African Strongman: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures

US Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik

Wandering the World: Personal Recollections of a Life in Diplomacy

DANGER ZONES: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests

President Carter: The White House Years

Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World

Negotiating the New START Treaty

Our Woman in Havana: A Diplomat’s Chronicle of America’s Long Struggle with Castro’s Cuba

Modern Diplomacy in Practice

Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington: An American Diplomat’s Adventures South of the Sahara

The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011

The Joys and Perils of Serving Abroad: Memoirs of a U.S. Foreign
Service Family