Career Diplomacy: Table of Contents

Illustrations viii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments

xi

Part I   The Institution
1   What Is the Foreign Service? 3
2   History 10
3   The Foreign Service Today 34
Part II   The Profession
4   Form and Content 51
5   Stabilization and Reconstruction in Iraq 74
6   Politics and Professionalism 88
Part III   The Career
7   Stability and Change 131
8   Foreign Service Functions—Five Tracks 150
9   Assignments and Promotions 168
Part IV   The Future Foreign Service
10   Tomorrow’s Diplomats 187

Appendices

A   Department of State Organization Chart 199
B   Foreign Service Core Precepts 200
C   Interviews 213
D   Websites 216
Notes 219
Glossary 239
Bibliography 247
About the Authors 253
Index 255