Diplomatic rank

It was just more than one year after the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact that the directive for Operation Barbarossa was issued. Signed by Hitler on December 18, 1940, the secret document demanded the Wehrmacht to crush Russia in a rapid campaign, undoing the agreement for spheres of influence throughout Eastern Europe. It remains a point of contention whether Berlin wooed Moscow into benign rapprochement in a series of deceptions stemming from the directive or Stalin, throughout it all,…

If you have never read The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin before your idea of Ben Franklin would probably be something like this, “Ben Franklin is one of the greatest men in American history. He is famous for his experiments with electricity, and wrote Poor Richards Almanac. Ben Franklin had such a positive effect on American history and on America itself. He surely was an honest man because how else would he be able to accomplish all that he did in life?” Yes, parts of this are true but…

Harvard and family connections become key as he selects the youngest and brightest to his staff. By contrast, LBJ was from a small town in Texas and not well connected. His education was from a small college, he worked his way up through the political ranks earning the title as a savvy politician. The staff that JFK selected remained relative…

Spain was in a crisis of constant political instability during the years of 1923-1931. This was due to the interfering of political elections and politics by the current King, Alfonso who favored the rotation of governments. The government was divided between the ideologies of conservative and liberal, a total of 33 different governments were formed during the course of 1902-1923 (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Alfonso XIII.” Britannica.com.). From 1923, by creating a military dictatorship…

The variety of issues that the United States has faced over the last two decades forced the country to focus on its own economic recovery. The United States saw a significant economic turnaround after shifting its focus from “global policeman” to domestic issues. During this period, the United States retook its position as the preeminent world power, recapturing the highest GDP and balancing the national deficit. While the United States scaled back its foreign assistance, states began to fail,…

John Adams- During Adams's presidency, a war between the French and British was causing political difficulties for the United States. Adams's administration focused its diplomatic efforts on France, whose government had suspended commercial relations. Adams sent three commissioners to France, but the French refused to negotiate unless the United States agreed to pay what amounted to a bribe. When this became public knowledge, the nation broke out in favor of war. However, Adams did not call for…

Chapter 6: The Duel for North America (Pg. 89) What was going on between France, Britain, and Spain between 1688 and 1763? In what ways was America involved? France, Britain, and Spain were involved in world wars competing for territory in America, which also ended up hurting the Native Americans. One of the wars was the Seven Years’ War which set up America's independence. France Finds a Foothold in Canada (Pg. 89) How and why did France begin to colonize Canada? In what ways did New…

China’s director of the Ministry of State Security was at a diplomacy meeting with U.S. Ambassador Robert Smith Townson. Townson had told Xu Jin, “Your tiger is still in its cage,” as a reference to the growing protests. Xu responded angrily, the diplomatic dance gone awry. Through the many lenses we get to see the war in the states, we see how it has affected more than just the military. When the Chinese sold assets at a loss to create panics in real estate, one man, Denny Constantine, killed…

Road to Mecca is wrote by Muhammad Asad who is the main character of this book. Muhammad Asad previously known as Leopold Weiss, born on 2 July 1900 and died on 20 february 1992. He was a jewish-born Austro-Hungarian journalist, traveller, writer, linguist, thinker, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar. He was one of the most influential European Muslims of the 20th century. By the age of thirteen, young Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic, other than his…

Former U.S. Naval officer and Foreign Service officer, Mr. Angelo M. Codevilla’s book: Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft provides exemplary instruction in the art of war. Mr. Codevilla’s work seeks to inform future presidents on the matters of effective and purposeful warfare. He sees his work as important as he believes that currently world leaders see war as not a normal tool of statecraft but a curable disease, and that the citizens of every country deeply desire to…