The Foreign Service Journal, October 2012

Cover 1
Contents 5
Focus on the New Foreign Service Generation 22
Today’s New Hires: What They See, What They Say 22
The Hiring Pendulum 25
Gen Y, and On to Z 28
What I Wish I Had Known … 38
Bridging the Foreign Service Generational Gulf 42
Feature 50
“Argo”: How Hollywood Does History 50
AFSA News 57
AFSA Celebrates High School Essay Contest Winner 57
State VP—Staying in Place in an Up-or-Out System 58
FAS VP—The Mid-Level Staffing Gap 60
FSOs Helping Bosnian Street Dogs Survive 60
Ambassador Chas Freeman Gives Adair Lecture 61
AFSA Bylaw Amendments Pass 63
TLG Intern Has “Fantastic” Summer at State 63
Columns 7
President’s Views—Diplomatic Capacity Needs Professional Institutional Leadership 7
Letter from the Editor—Present at the Creation 12
Speaking Out—Achieving Work-Life Balance at State 18
Reflections—You Want to Join the What ...? 81
Departments 9
Letters 9
Talking Points 14
Books 64
In Memory 66
Local Lens 82
Marketplace 75
Classifieds 75
Real Estate 78
Index to Advertisers 79

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