The Foreign Service Journal, November 2008

half, the “nature of the dialogue,” Alice Stone Ilchman discusses the role of competitive fellowships such as Fulbright or Marshall, and Sherry Lee Mueller dis- cusses professional exchanges and citizen diplomacy. Other chapters explore the role of the arts, the Peace Corps and new media, among many other dimensions of public diplomacy. Kiehl has assembled a remarkable anthology with some of the most innovative ideas available on this urgent topic. What is America’s message to the world and how does it translate? These are important ques- tions in critical times. William Kiehl is president and CEO of PD Worldwide, consultants in global public affairs, public relations and cross-cultural communications. During a 33-year career in the Foreign Service he served as principal deputy assistant secretary in State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, as acting deputy associate director of USIA and in numerous public diplomacy positions at home and overseas. He retired in 2003. Global Intentions Local Results: How Colleges Can Create International Communities William P. Kiehl, CreateSpace, 2008, $19.95, paperback, 272 pages. Internationalization is one of the most important issues in American higher education to- day. It is not exactly a new issue, as successive American presidents from Harry S Truman to George W. Bush have raised the banner of campus internationalization and the vital need for American society to better under- stand the world. Thanks to economic globalization, the electronic communications boom, the rise of interna- tional terrorism and the complexities of the post–Cold War world, however, the issue has taken on new urgency in recent years. In this timely book, William Kiehl examines the internationalization efforts of three relatively small, nonurban, nonresearch institutions in Pennsylvania — Dickinson College in Carlisle, Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown and Gettysburg College in Gettysburg — and the influence of these efforts on the communi- ties in which they are located. Each case study is pre- sented, along with analysis and conclusions; and, in the last chapter, recommendations for action are discussed that could be generalized to other institutions. William Kiehl is a retired FSO (see listing above). This work is the fruit of a study the author conducted for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Our Last Best Hope: Why the United Nations Stumbles and What the United States Should Do About It M. James Wilkinson and Alison Broinowski, iUniverse, 2007, $16.95, paperback, 196 pages. Inspired by John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural address, when he declared that the United Nations is “our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instru- ments of peace,” the authors maintain that the United Nations is still the “best international framework to deal with today’s global challenges,” despite its many significant faults. Further, they argue that Washington, recently distracted with war and elections, must be the cornerstone of an effort to make the U.N. once again a formidable presence. The book examines the organization’s faults and offers recommendations on how the U.S. should sup- port its far-reaching goals. The authors outline the ini- tial purpose of the U.N. and its role in war avoidance, reaffirming human rights and promoting social progress. “This book will sharpen our thoughts on the uses and misuses of the U.N. and where it fits into Washington’s policies,” Morton Abramowitz, senior fel- low at The Century Foundation, promises in the fore- word. M. James Wilkinson served as deputy U.S. repre- sentative on the Security Council with the rank of ambassador. Since retiring from the Foreign Service, he has been active in civic organizations and writing on international affairs. Dr. Alison Broinowski, formerly an Australian diplomat at the United Nations, teaches graduate students at Macquarie University and heads a research project on Asian/Australian fiction at the University of Wollongong. Her latest book is Allied and Addicted (Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2009). Rumsfeld’s Wars: The Arrogance of Power Dale R. Herspring, University Press of Kansas, 2008, $34.95, hardcover, 288 pages. As a lifelong Republican and political conservative, Dale Herspring voted for the Bush administration in 20 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 8