The Foreign Service Journal, November 2003

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 3 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 T HE M AGAZINE F OR F OREIGN A FFAIRS P ROFESSIONALS Foreign Service Journal (ISSN 0146-3543), 2101 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990 is published monthly with a combined July/August issue by the American Foreign Service Association, a private, non-profit organization. Material appearing herein represents the opinions of the writers and does not necessarily represent the views of the Journal, the Editorial Board or AFSA. Writer queries and submissions are invited, preferably by e-mail. Journal subscription: AFSA Members - $9.50 included in annual dues; others - $40. For foreign surface mail, add $18 per year; foreign airmail, $36 per year. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Foreign Service Journal , 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Indexed by Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS). The Journal is not responsible for unso- licited manuscripts, photos or illustrations. Advertising inquiries are invited. The appearance of advertisements herein does not imply the endorsement of the services or goods offered. FAX: (202) 338-8244 or (202) 338-6820. E-MAIL: journal@afsa.org. W EB: www.afsa.org. TE LEPHONE: (202) 338-4045. © American Foreign Service Association, 2003. Printed in the U.S.A. Send address changes to AFSA Membership, 2101 E Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037-2990. Printed on 50 percent recycled paper, of which 10 percent is post-consumer waste. J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F Editor S TEVEN A LAN H ONLEY Associate Editor S USAN B. M AITRA Business Manager M IKKELA V. T HOMPSON Ad & Circulation Manager E D M ILTENBERGER AFSA News Editor S HAWN D ORMAN Art Director C ARYN J. S UKO Editorial Intern B ENJAMIN B ODNAR Editorial Board J UDITH B AROODY , C HAIRMAN M ARK W. B OCCHETTI S TEPHEN W. B UCK T ATIANA C. G FOELLER C AROL A. G IACOMO W ILLIAM W. J ORDAN L AURIE K ASSMAN H OLLIS S UMMERS B ILL W ANLUND T ED W ILKINSON F O C U S O N F S A U T H O R S 19 / I N T HEIR O WN W RITE : B OOKS BY F OREIGN S ERVICE A UTHORS Once again we are pleased to feature a compilation of recently published books by Foreign Service- affiliated authors. In addition to a wide selection of policy-oriented works, memoirs and novels, this year’s edition includes several helpful “how to” books for adapting to the nomadic FS lifestyle, as well as new culinary and children’s books sections — truly something for everyone. By Susan Maitra F E A T U R E S 37 / E LLSWORTH B UNKER : G LOBAL T ROUBLESHOOTER , V IETNAM H AWK Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker is perhaps most often remembered today as having been a “hawk” in wartime Saigon. But the controversies that still surround that period should not obscure the major contributions he made to the successful practice of American diplomacy for nearly 30 years. By Howard B. Schaffer 43 / T HE L OST C HILDREN OF G ULU The U.S. and other international donors are assisting the young Ugandan victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army. But much more needs to be done. By Jeffrey Ashley C ONTENTS No v emb e r 2 0 0 3 Vo l ume 8 0 , No . 1 1 T HE V IEW FROM THE R OND -P OINT H ARRY T RUMAN / 47 It was just one of many murders on an ordinary day, but the killing of Jean-Jacques Durand encapsulates what Haitians have lost. By Daniel F. Whitman A PPRECIATION / 51 A Soldier in the Cause of Peace: Sergio Vieira de Mello, 1948-2003 By Tatiana C. Gfoeller C O L U M N S P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 A Proud Profession By John Limbert S PEAKING O UT / 16 The Middle East Road Map: Going Nowhere Fast By Ronald Spiers R EFLECTIONS / 60 By Pam Anderson D E P A R T M E N T S L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 12 B OOKS / 49 I N M EMORY / 53 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 58 AFSA N EWS / C ENTER I NSERT Cover and inside illustration by Elizabeth Scott Page 19