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American Ambassadors = A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	American Ambassadors/ by Dennis C. Jett.
Reminder of title:	A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers /
Author:	Jett, Dennis C.
Description:	XLIII, 437 p. 7 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Diplomacy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83769-3
ISBN:	9783030837693

American Ambassadors = A Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers /
Jett, Dennis C.

American AmbassadorsA Guide for Aspiring Diplomats and Foreign Service Officers /[electronic resource] :by Dennis C. Jett. - 2nd ed. 2022. - XLIII, 437 p. 7 illus.online resource.

1 A Brief History of the Title -- 2 Becoming an Ambassador--The Foreign Service Route -- 3 Becoming an Ambassador--The Political Appointee Route -- 4 The Last Steps--Clearance and Confirmation -- 5 What An Ambassador Does -- 6 Where Ambassadors Go -- 7 Why It Matters and How It Might Be Changed. .

If you ever wondered who becomes an American ambassador and why, this is the book for you. It describes how Foreign Service officers become ambassadors by rising up through the ranks, and why they typically make up about 70 percent of the total number of ambassadors. It also covers where the other 30 percent come from—the political appointees who get the job because they helped elect the president by supporting him as a campaign contributor, a political ally, or a personal friend. It explains why, despite being illegal and a threat to national security, selling the title of ambassador remains a common practice that is also unique to the United States. It considers why some suggestions for reform are misguided, what might be done, and why who the president is matters so much in determining how well the United States will be represented abroad. This updated and revised edition of Jett's classic book not only provides a timely overview of American ambassadorship for Foreign Service Officers, aspiring diplomats, and interested citizens, but also calls for much-needed reform, describing the dire implications of failing to change our ambassadorial appointments process for the future of American diplomatic practice and foreign policy. Dennis C. Jett is Professor of International Affairs at Penn State University, USA. As a career diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Peru and Mozambique and in four other countries. He has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

ISBN: 9783030837693

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-83769-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

649593
Diplomacy.

LC Class. No.: JZ1305-2060

Dewey Class. No.: 327.2

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