''America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy'' is a
book
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by
Nicholas Kralev. Its first edition was published in 2012, and its second edition in 2015.
The book is based on the author's visits to 77 American embassies and consulates over more than a decade, and interviews with about 600 diplomats, including eight
U.S. secretaries of state:
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the Presidency of Barack Obama#Administration, administration of Barac ...
,
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
,
Condoleezza Rice
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,
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell ( ; – ) was an Americans, American diplomat, and army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American to hold the office. He was the 15th National Security ...
,
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...
,
Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopher (October 27, 1925March 18, 2011) was an American attorney, diplomat and statesman who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.
Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher clerked for Supre ...
,
James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary ...
and
George Shultz
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.
The author, who is a former ''
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'' and ''
Washington Times
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'' correspondent, discussed this book on
BBC
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in January 2013 and
PBS
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in March 2013.
References
2012 non-fiction books
American political books
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