The Foreign Service Journal, November 2007

F O C U S O N F S A u t h o r s I N T HEIR O WN W RITE : B OOKS BY F OREIGN S ERVICE A UTHORS / 19 Once again we are pleased to feature our compilation of recently published books by Foreign Service-affiliated authors. By Susan Maitra F S F I C T I O N L A V IE A BATI / 41 A bored political officer in a West African backwater volunteers to investigate a regional problem and, ultimately, learns a thing or two. By Hanscom Smith F E A T U R E S C AN A MERICAN L EADERSHIP B E R ESTORED ? / 44 The world before us today is both unfamiliar and unanticipated. Here is a thought-provoking tour d’horizon. By Chas W. Freeman Jr. A M ARSHALL P LAN FOR L ATIN A MERICA / 49 There must be a fundamental revision of our country’s role if we are to make development — and diplomacy — truly “transformational.” By Geoffrey Chalmers A F S A N E W S AFSA-HQ U NDER C ONSTRUCTION / 55 D ISSENT A WARD N OTICE / 55 S TATE IG S HOULD R ESIGN / 55 S TATE VP: T IME TO M OBILIZE / 57 R ETIREE Q&A: S URVIVOR A NNUITIES / 58 VP FCS: D OMESTIC T OURS / 59 M ILESTONES : E D M ILTENBERGER / 62 C LASSIFIEDS / 62 C ONTENTS November 2007 Volume 84, No. 11 Cover and inside illustration by Marcia Klioze-Hughes P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Telling Our Story By John K. Naland L ETTERS / 7 C YBERNOTES / 9 M ARKETPLACE / 10 S PEAKING O UT / 13 Caution: Iraq Is Not Vietnam By David Passage FS K NOW -H OW / 17 Mail Handling Tips By Lee Ackermann B OOKS / 65 I N M EMORY / 67 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 74 R EFLECTIONS / 76 Why We Were There By Janet Andres N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F