The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies 2nd Revised Edition

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This acclaimed history of Americas overseas embassy-building program is now available in paperback in a revised and expanded edition. Addressing the security concerns posed by embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 Jane C. Loeffler continues her clear and often charged story of how America presents itself abroad trying to balance an open and welcoming political philosophy with increasing concern for security in a world beset by terrorism. The Architecture of Diplomacy will appeal to anybody interested in American history and the complicated issue ofrepresenting political power through building.