1 Introduction 1
Notes 9
2 The First Two Hundred Years 11
The Nineteenth-Century Service 16
Early Twentieth-Century Reforms 19
Other Agencies Enter the Scene 22
World War II and Its Aftermath 23
New Agencies Take the Field 26
Notes 30
3 The Structural Framework 31
Evaluation, Promotion, and Selection-Out 40
Assignments 44
Allowances and Benefits 48
Retirement 51
Labor-Management Relations 53
Notes 56
4 The Shape of a Career 57
The Department of State 57
The United States Information Agency 86
The Agency for International Development 89
The Department of Commerce: The Foreign Commercial Service 92
The Department of Agriculture: The Foreign Agricultural Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 93
Notes 96
5 The Foreign Service at Home 97
The Department of State 99
Loyalty and Dissent 102
The Foreign Service at Work 104
The Policy-Making Process: A Case Study 108
Beyond the Regional Bureaus 115
The Other Foreign Affairs Agencies 117
Notes 120
6.The Foreign Service Abroad 121
Structure of an Embassy 122
The Ambassador 127
The Deputy Chief of Mission 138
The Country Team 141
The Political Section 143
The Economic Section 148
The Consular Section 150
The Administrative Section 152
The Foreign Commercial Service 157
The Foreign Agricultural Service 158
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 159
The United States Information Service 160
The Agency for International Development 162
Support Staffs 165
Constituent Posts 166
The Non-Foreign Service Agencies 167
The Intelligence Community 171
Life Outside the Office 173
Notes 176
7.In Search of a Constituency: Congress,Press, and Public 179
Congress 182
Press 188
Public 191
Notes 196
8.Open Questions 197
The New Foreign Policy Environment 197
Spouses and Families 200
Shifting Attitudes 213
Terrorism and Other Dangers 216
Notes 222
Conclusion--A Look Ahead 225
Notes 229
Appendixes A Foreign Service Personnel 233
B List of Foreign Service Posts 235
C Guide to Foreign Service Recruitment 245
Bibliography 253
Index 257