Career diplomacy : life and work in the US foreign service / Harry W. Kopp, John K. Naland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kopp, Harry, author.

Naland, John K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Foreign Service.

United States.

Diplomatic and consular service, American.

United States--Foreign relations administration.

Foreign relations administration.

International relations--Administration.

Physical Description:

xi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Career Diplomacy is an insider's guide to the Foreign Service as an institution, a profession, and a career. In this thoroughly revised fourth edition, Kopp and Naland provide an up-to-date, authoritative, and candid account of the life and work of professional US diplomats, who advance and protect the country's interests around the globe. The authors explore the five career tracks-consular, political, economic, management, and public diplomacy-through their own experience and through interviews with more than a hundred current and former members of the Foreign Service. They lay out what to expect in a Foreign Service career, from the entrance exam through midcareer and into the senior service-how to get in, get around, and get ahead. This new edition will include updates throughout the text including about diversity and inclusion and family and work-life balance issues for Foreign Service officers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Institution

1. What Is the Foreign Service?

2. History

3. Diversity and Inclusion

4. The Foreign Service at the Department of State

5. USAID, Commerce, Agriculture, and USAGM

pt. II The Profession

6. Form and Content

7. Duty and Danger

8. Politics and Professionalism

9. Team Players

pt. III The Career

10. Getting In

11. Career Trajectory

pt. IV The Future Foreign Service

12. Tomorrow's Diplomats.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781647121358

1647121353

OCLC:

1245957021