The Foreign Service Journal, November 2004

sive and reliable information on the entire range of features and attractions of the nation’s capital and its environs in Virginia and Maryland. Hotels, restau- rants, nightclubs, etc., because there are simply too many, have been screened to provide a selective list- ing across locations and price levels, but every other category is inclusive. Current Web-site information for many of the entries, as well as an extensive listing of events, including a monthly checklist of festivals, parades, celebrations and other activities are two unique features of this handy, easy-to-use guide. After retirement from the Senior Foreign Service in 1995, Don Hausrath, who grew up in Washington, D.C., served as a volunteer at the Parks and History Association in Washington, as well as at the Naval Historical Museum. He currently lives in Tucson, Ariz. Paul Wasserman, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies and author of New York from A to Z (2002), lives in the Washington, D.C., area. HISTORY Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the U.S. Information Agency Wilson P. Dizard Jr., Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2004, $49.95, hardcover, 255 pages. Reviewing this book in the October 2004 FSJ , FSO Allen Hansen said: “Dizard has produced what will sure- ly be viewed for a long time to come as a definitive histo- ry of USIA.” Dizard traces the political ups and downs of the U.S. Information Agency and its precursor, the Office of War Information, offering a comprehensive look at the role of public diplomacy in U.S. foreign policy from World War II to today. Not simply concerned with poli- cies and programs, Dizard also focuses on the people, both famous and otherwise, who spoke for the United States during the last half of the 20th century. The surge of anti-Americanism around the world in the recent peri- od provides the context for Dizard’s thoughtful conclud- ing discussion of the future of public diplomacy. F O C U S N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 4 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 25