The Foreign Service Journal, November 2004

losophy for African-American voters. This book is a follow-up to Justesen’s 2001 biography, George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life , the first full-length study of this African-American political pioneer; that work was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Benjamin Justesen, a former FSO, is a free-lance writer and editor who lives in Alexandria, Va. The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily Gordon S. Brown, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2003, $35.00, paperback, 222 pages. The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, but once there, found opportunity for fame and fortune. This rich and often dramatic study focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, relating how they expanded their lands throughout southern Italy, and then took Sicily from its Muslim rulers. The brothers, often in conflict with each other, challenged both the papacy and the Byzantine empire, became the main supporters of the reform papa- cy, and founded a rich, sophisticated kingdom that lasted until the 19th century. Retired FSO Gordon S. Brown was ambassador to Mauritania from 1991 to 1994, and before that served as political adviser to General Schwarzkopf during the first Gulf War. During his 35-year career he was also posted in Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, France and Saudi Arabia. This book reflects his lifetime interest in history. He is also the author of Coalition, Coercion and Compromise (1997), an analysis of the diplomacy of the Persian Gulf War coalition. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area. The Press of Battle: The GI Reporter and the American People Jack E. Pulwers, Ivy House Publishing Group, 2003, $42.50, hardcover, 850 pages. “Jack Pulwers has written a powerful and much- needed book on the oftentimes heroic exploits of the GI reporter. I encourage anyone who is interested in the history of battle, and especially World War II, to read this inspiring book,” is what former Senator Robert Dole had to say about The Press of Battle . Thirty years in the making, this book is a tour de force, presenting as it does the dramatic, complete story of the men and women who provided the eyes and ears for the troops, their families and the rest of the country during world War II. With over 400 inter- views and 350 photographs, the book documents the history of the wartime press and media. Dr. Jack Pulwers followed military service in World War II with a distinguished career as a news, radio and broadcast journalist. A former FS spouse (his first wife, Ethyl, was editor-in-chief at Voice of America for many years), Pulwers is a longtime mem- ber of AFSA and Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired. Throughout his career as news and broad- cast chief of the Armed Forces Radio and Television network, and later on missions with the Department of Defense, he has worked closely with the Foreign Service. He resides in Fairfax, Va. Shef-Ideolog: M. A. Suslov I “nauka” o kommunizme v SSSR (Chief Ideologue: M.A. Suslov and the “Science” of Communism in the USSR) Paul M. Carter Jr., TEIS Press, Moscow State University, 2003, hardcover, 199 pages. A study in “ideological biography,” this book pre- sents the late Soviet chief ideologist Mikhail Suslov, who was often characterized as the Kremlin’s “red eminence” from the late Stalin period through the Brezhnev era. The book analyzes the unique connec- tions among Suslov, Marxism-Leninism and the Soviet Communist Party’s totalitarian authority and power. FSO Paul Carter is a political officer, currently serving on the Ukraine desk. The study draws on his research in Russia and the U.S. over almost 20 years, including new information gathered during his recent tour as political officer at Embassy Moscow. Translated from the original English manuscript, the book is available only in Russian through TEIS Press at Moscow State University. NOVELS & POETRY But It Does Move: Poems from an Orbiting Earth Gordon King, Central Publishing Limited, 2003, $14.50, paperback, 88 pages. This is retired FSO Gordon King’s fourth book of F O C U S 30 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 4