The Foreign Service Journal, November 2013

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2013 37 ship between the United States and the Holy See.” Ambassador Rooney draws on his experience there to argue persuasively that U.S. foreign policy has much to gain from its relationship with the Vatican, and vice versa. No institution on earth has both the international stature and the global reach of the Holy See—the “soft power” of moral influence and authority to promote religious freedom, human liberties and related values that Americans and our allies uphold worldwide. In addition to serving as chief executive officer of Rooney Holdings, Inc., Francis Rooney is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors and the Advisory Board of the Panama Canal Authority. He is also a trustee of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Education Never Ends: A Conversation with Ambassador Robert E. Hunter Robert E. Hunter, Xlibris, 2012, $19.99, paperback, 293 pages. This book, a volume in the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training’s Dip- lomatic Oral History Series, offers a rare glimpse into the workings of the American political and foreign policy machinery from someone who has seen a lot up close. From the Great Society and eight presidential campaigns to Arab-Israeli peacemaking and the rebuilding of NATO, Ambas- sador Robert Hunter has had a lasting impact on the domestic and foreign affairs of the United States. And along the way, as he recounts in these conversations with ADST’s master interviewer, Charles Stuart Kennedy, Amb. Hunter has had the good fortune to work with several notable statesmen. From July 1993 to January 1998, Robert Hunter was U.S. ambassador to NATO, and also represented the United States to the Western European Union during that period. Since 1998 he has been a senior adviser at the RAND Corporation, specializing in Europe and the Middle East. He has also written for The Foreign Service Journal , among other publications. An Unlikely Journey: Make a Difference, Do Good, Have Fun Mark Erwin, Goosepen Studio & Press, 2013, $24.95, hardcover, 222 pages. From 1999 to 2001, Mark Erwin served as President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of the Seychelles, and the Federal Republic of the Comoros. This autobiography, a volume in the ADST-DACOR Memoirs and Occasional Papers Series, not only tells that story, but traces Ambassador Erwin’s remarkable path to success in many fields. It truly has been “an unlikely journey” for a self-made man who began life with no financial resources, little education and few prospects. The book also explains how the author developed and applies the personal credo found in his book’s subtitle: “Make a differ- ence, do good, have fun.” An investor, sportsman, philanthropist and ordained lay min- ister, Mark Erwin is also the author of The Practical Ambassador: A Common Sense Guide for United States Ambassadors (Avenir Press, 2012). The United States and the Challenge of Public Diplomacy James Thomas Snyder, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, $100, hardcover, 224 pages. The 9/11 attacks ushered in a new era of U.S. foreign policy, one marked by a profound focus on public diplomacy. The wisdom of pouring tremendous resources into efforts to curry favor with foreign audiences has sparked debate ever since, but public diplomats themselves have largely been missing from the discussion. Drawing on lessons learned during his employment in NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, JamesThomas Snyder helps fill this gap. He examines the difficulty of communicating in adversarial environments, military public diplomacy, presidential rhetoric, new communications technologies such as social media and virtual worlds, and the role of nongovernmental organizations, among other topics. An author and translator, JamesThomas Snyder has served on the NATO international staff and as a congressional speechwriter. His work has appeared in Internationale Politik , the Small Wars Journal , Dissent, Joint Force Quarterly, and the International Her- ald Tribune , among other publications.