Böcker av Anthony J. Barker

Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War. A turbulent period, marked by conflicts associated with the Cold War and decolonization, it was also characterized by changing attitudes to women at odds with those in Moslem societies. The impact of those changes is explored throughout this book, principally drawing on personal oral histories included in the 'Frontline Diplomacy' collection, but reinforced by cables passing between regional U.S. embassies and the State Department in Washington DC.

The African Link, first published in 1978, analyses a vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical writings from the 17th and 18th centuries to fill a considerable gap in the history of racial attitudes.

This study examines US diplomatic relations with Australia and New Zealand during the Cold War. The author emphasizes the role of lower-ranking diplomats in policy formation and examines the impact of recruitment and deployment practices of the diplomatic corps, as well as the influence of diplomats' families.