The Foreign Service Journal, November 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2013 23 A Kid from Philadelphia, Mario Lanza: The Voice of the Poets Emilio Iodice, published by author, 2012, $15, paperback, 178 pages. Mario Lanza (1921-1959) was an Italian- American actor and tenor from Philadel- phia. Known as a unique and outstand- ing performer, Lanza was an important influence on both Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Emilio Iodice—a longtime admirer and scholar of Italian culture and arts, as well as leadership in all fields (including the arts)—pays tribute to this special performer in A Kid from Philadelphia. The book is a compilation of personal, non-aca- demic essays, along with a posthumous letter to Lanza, honoring him for his remarkable career. Iodice admires Lanza’s ability to brighten his audience’s mood and to forge a new style of passion- ate, artful performance that led to his being called “The Voice of the Poets.” Featuring large print, this dual-language (English and Italian) work comes with five CDs containing 100 of the artist’s legendary recordings. Emilio Iodice, a retired FSO, is vice president at Loyola Uni- versity in Chicago and director of the school’s John Felice Rome Center. As a Foreign Service officer, he served in France, Brazil, Mexico and Spain. He then spent five years as vice president for Lucent Technologies in France before moving to Loyola in 2007. He is the author of Profiles in Leadership: From Caesar to Modern Times (North American Business Press, 2012). Profiles in Leadership: From Caesar to Modern Times Emilio Iodice, North American Business Press, 2012, $45.44, hardcover, 343 pages. All leaders throughout history have had certain characteristics and key achieve- ments that elevated them to their respec- tive positions, to be remembered for decades and even centuries to follow. Profiles in Leadership combines a thorough account of some of the most celebrated leaders with an analysis of the words, wisdom and actions that made them hallmarks of leadership to this day. Emilio Iodice includes such figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and Oprah Winfrey in this book, demonstrat- ing that not only political leaders but ideological and cultural ones, as well, fit the mold. For each, he undertakes an in-depth exploration of personality and actions to convey an understand- ing of his or her unique leadership qualities. Iodice offers the “Common Denominators of Great Leaders” to identify and replicate the primary attributes that led to the success of these historical figures. For a biography of the author, see the previous entry. A Quaker Goes to Spain: The Diplomatic Mission of Anthony Morris, 1813-1816 H.L. Dufour Woolfley, Lehigh University Press, 2013, $58, hardcover, 197 pages. Few know much about Anthony Morris, who traveled to Spain in 1813 to dissuade the Spanish from allowing the British to attack the young United States during the War of 1812. A personal friend of Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison, Morris found himself thousands of miles across the Atlantic, attempting to complete his diplomatic duties in the face of a highly uncooperative Spanish government. To make matters worse, he dealt with colleagues bent on tarnishing his reputation and hindering the mission he had sacrificed so much to achieve. This new volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplo- macy Series is a fascinating window into the workings of the young State Department and one diplomat’s personal and profes- sional struggles during the United States’ first war as a nation. Events occurred faster than messages could cross the ocean; by using a collection of letters written by Morris himself, Woolfley evokes the frustration the diplomat felt as his children grew up while he was thousands of miles away. H.L. Dufour Woolfley is a retired Foreign Service officer who held various positions in Europe, including as political adviser to the commander of NATO’s southern flank. Earlier, he had prac- ticed law in his native Louisiana, served in the U.S. Army for three years and graduated from Louisiana State University Law School. Mongolia and the United States: A Diplomatic History Jonathan S. Addleton, Hong Kong University Press, 2013, $40.50, hardcover, 186 pages. Former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jonathan Addleton seeks to shed light on the little-known history of U.S.-Mongolian relations in this new volume in the ADST-