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The American Ambassadors Live! online "bookshelf" showcases  books authored by members of the Council of American Ambassadors.

Hope and History

By Ambassador William vanden Heuvel

Published: May 15, 2019

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Fascism: A  Warning

By Secretary Madeleine Albright

Published: April 10, 2018

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Reagan Remembered

By Ambassador Gilbert Robinson

Published: July 2015

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When the Center Held

By Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Published: May 15, 2018

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The Wealth of a Nation

By Ambassador C. Donald Johnson

Published: April 2, 2018

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President Carter

By Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

Published: April 24, 2018

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The Powers

By Ambassador Mark W. Erwin

Published: June 2016

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It All Begins With Self

By Ambassador Delano Lewis

Published: June 2015

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The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

By Ambassador Michael Punke

Published: January 2015

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The Global Vatican

By Ambassador Francis Rooney III

Published: October 2013

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Prague Winter

By Secretary Madeleine Albright

Published: February 2013

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Mark Twain's Tale of Today

By Ambassador Donald T. Bliss

Published: September 2012

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The Practical Ambassador

By Ambassador Mark Erwin

Published: 2012

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Potomac Fever

By Ambassador J. William Middendorf

Published: July 2011

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Known and Unknown: A Memoir

By Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Published: February 2011

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When the White House Calls

By Ambassador John Price

Published: 2011

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Preventing Catastrophe

By Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.

Published: July 2009

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Leading by Example

By Ambassador Bill Richardson

Published: October 2007

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A Glorious Disaster

By Ambassador J. William Middendorf

Published: October 2006

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Leadership by Design

By Ambassador Richard N. Swett

Published: February 2005

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Arab and Muslim Countries: Profiles in Contrast

By Ambassador Diana Lady Dougan

Published: August 2004

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Keeper of the Gate

By Ambassador Selwa Roosevelt

Published: October 1990

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Madam Ambassador

By Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis

Published: May 2015

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Dracula is Dead

By Ambassador Jim Rosapepe

Published: December 2014 (2nd edition)

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How to Sweet-Talk a Shark

By Ambassador Bill Richardson

Published: October 2013

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A Conversation with Ambassador Richard T. McCormack

By Ambassador Richard T. McCormack

Published: January 2013

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Why I Like Ike

By Ambassador Gilbert Robinson

Published: January 2012

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Promise Me

By Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

Published: September 2011

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Unending Crisis: National Security Policy After 9/11

By Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.

Published: 2012

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Dealings: A Political and Financial Life 

By Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn

Published: November 2010

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Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box 

By Secretary Madeleine Albright

Published: September 2009

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Vera and the Ambassador

By Ambassador Donald Blinken and Vera Blinken

Published: February 2009

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A Conversation with Ambassador Walter Curley

By Ambassador Walter Curley

Published: August 2009

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Mission Italy

By Ambassador Richard Garner

Published: August 2005

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This Was Not Our War

By Ambassador Swanee Hunt

Published: November 2004

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Behind the Embassy Door

By Ambassador James Blanchard

Published: October 1998

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The Emergence of Japan's Foreign Aid Power

By Ambassador Robert Orr

Published: August 1990

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African Americans in U.S. Foreign Policy

By Ambassador Charles Stith

Published: January 2015

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Pot Shards

By Ambassador Donald P. Gregg

Published: September 2014

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Twists and Turns

By Ambassador Eric M. Javits

Published: August 2013

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Madam Secretary

By Secretary Madeleine Albright

Published: January 2013

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The Future of the Jews

By Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

Published: May 2012

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Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security

By Ambassador Swanee Hunt

Published: September 2011

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Ten African Heroes 

By Ambassador Thomas Patrick Melady and Margaret Badum Melady

Published: April 2011

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More Than a Walk on the Beach 

By Ambassador Mary E. Kramer

Published: October 2010

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Where Liberty Dwells There Is My Country 

By Ambassador Craig Stapleton

Published: September 2010

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The Politics of International Relations

By Ambassador Joan E. Spero

Published: February 2009

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Half-Life of a Zealot

By Ambassador Swanee Hunt

Published: October 2006

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Between Worlds: The Making of an American Life

By Ambassador Bill Richardson

Published: March 2007

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Commonsense on Weapons of Mass Destruction

By Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.

Published: October 2004

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All Things Being Equal

By Ambassador Cynthia Shepard Perry

Published: 1998

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The Edge of Everest

By Ambassador Sue Cobb

Published: October 1989

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