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nutritionists working at the National Institutes of Health. After Jones’ mother suffered a heart attack, Jones combined her love of cooking with her new passion for healthy eating to educate Americans about the cause of coronary disease. This book provides all the nutritional information you need, with a no-fuss layout and casual writing style. So before packing your consumables for your next hard- ship post, or rushing off to the nearest McDonald’s when the embassy store runs out of your favorite sta- ples, buy this book. Catherine Jones is a Foreign Service spouse and the author of Eating for Pregnancy: An Essential Guide to Nutrition with Recipes for the Whole Family (Marlowe & Co., 2003) and A Year of Russian Feasts (Jellyroll Press, 2002), for which she received critical acclaim. She has also written articles for Fit Preg- nancy and Saveur , and has a column in Moms and Babies and Health Today magazines. She and her family are currently posted in the Philippines. HISTORY Negotiating the Louisiana Purchase: Robert Livingstone’s Mission to France, 1801-1804 Frank W. Brecher, McFarland & Company, 2006, $35.00, paperback, 200 pages. In Negotiating the Louis- iana Purchase , Frank W. Bre- cher details the political maneuvering that took place between the United States and France during negoti- ations over the Louisiana territory from 1801 to 1804. Studying letters and memoranda from the time, Brecher examines the role Robert Livingstone, the U.S. minister to France, and other politicians played in bringing the issue to a successful conclusion for the United States. He discusses the economic and military ramifications that would have resulted from a French return to North America, the threat of domestic dis- sension and the ways in which a French Louisiana would have affected the international political land- scape. Brecher also provides summaries of Living- ston’s Louisiana memorandum, two Talleyrand- Napoleon memoranda and an analysis of Marbois’ book on Louisiana. Readers will find this book an interesting and thorough account of one of the most important transactions in U.S. history. Frank W. Brecher, a retired Foreign Service offi- cer, resides in New York. This is the final volume of the author’s trilogy on early Franco-American rela- tions. Gaming Regulation in Nevada: The Second Sawyer Administration Guy W. Farmer, University of Nevada Oral History Program, 2006, $12.95, paperback, 54 pages. This booklet contains an insider’s view of a fascinating slice of American history: Nevada’s effort to get orga- nized crime out of the casinos during the 1960s, an effort that established the state as a gaming control model for many other states and foreign jurisdictions. The insider is retired FSO Guy Farmer, who was the public information officer for the Nevada Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board from 1963 to 1967. In this publication, one of a series by the Uni- versity of Nevada Oral History Program’s Gaming Regulation Project, he recalls the Frank Sinatra gam- ing license revocation case that created nationwide media interest at the time, details the dubious role of the Kennedy administration, and draws portraits of the many colorful characters and events of the time. Guy Farmer joined the U.S. Information Agency in 1967. During a 28-year Foreign Service career, he served in Colombia, Grenada, Mexico and Spain. For the last 11 years of his career, he served as public affairs officer in Lima, Caracas and Canberra. Upon retirement, he returned to his adopted hometown of Carson City, Nev. To order this book, go to http:// www.unr.edu/oralhistory/catalog.htm. My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III and Malcolm McConnell, Simon and Schuster, 2006, $27.00, hardcover, 417 pages. 62 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 6