The Foreign Service Journal, November 2018

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2018 41 insight for anyone interested or involved in negotiations at any level,” says former Secretary of State James Baker III. R. Nicholas Burns, a retired FSO and former under secretary of State for political affairs, is a professor at the Harvard Ken- nedy School of Government. James K. Sebenius is a professor at the Harvard Business School, and Robert H. Mnookin is a professor at Harvard Law School. MEMOIRS Daughter of the Cold War Grace Kennan Warnecke, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018, $24.95/ hardcover, $9.48/Kindle, 304 pages. Grace Kennan Warnecke, George Ken- nan’s daughter, has truly lived a life on the edge of history. Born in Latvia, Grace lived in seven countries and spoke five languages before the age of 11. During a multifaceted career, she worked as a professional photog- rapher, television producer, and book editor and critic before becoming a Russian specialist like her father—but of a very different kind. She accompanied Ted Kennedy and his family to Russia, escorted Joan Baez to Moscow to meet with dissident Andrei Sakharov, and hosted Josef Stalin’s daughter on the family farm after Svetlana defected to the United States. While running her own consulting company in Russia, she witnessed the breakup of the Soviet Union, and later became director of a women’s economic empowerment project in newly indepen- dent Ukraine. Daughter of the Cold War is a tale of all these adventures and so much more. This compelling and evocative memoir allows readers to follow Grace’s amazing path through life—a whirlwind journey of survival, risk and self-discovery through a kaleidoscope of many countries, historic events and fascinating people. Grace Kennan Warnecke currently chairs the board of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and is a mem- ber of the Advisory Council of the Kennan Institute. She was senior editor of A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union , and associ- ate producer of the prize-winning PBS documentary, “The First Fifty Years: Reflections on U.S.-Soviet Relations.” Dictators and Diplomats: A Special Agent’s Memoir and Musings Robert W. Starnes, Nobility Press, 2018, $18.95/paperback, 376 pages. In this action-packed memoir Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent Robert Starnes tells the story of an exciting career on the front lines of security and counterterrorism. Whether it is protecting Tiger Woods from a chemical terrorist threat, being stranded in Brazil with a suspected Hezbollah operative or protecting notables such as Nelson Mandela, Starnes has seen danger and international drama up close. Starnes—who has protected notable dignitaries such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher— has a unique perspective. He served as a member of the first U.S. delegation dispatched to Libya to reestablish diplomatic relations and was asked by Muammar Gaddafi to review his all- female protective detail, known as the Amazonian Detail and Revolutionary Nuns. Dictators and Diplomats has no shortage of hard-charging investigative work, transcontinental pursuits and dangerous figures. Robert W. Starnes is a retired Diplomatic Security Service supervisory special agent with expertise in international coun- terterrorism, counterintelligence, investigations and protective security. Both native Texans, Robert and his equally adventur- ous wife, Pam, reside in San Marcos, Texas. Our Woman in Havana: A Diplomat’s Chronicle of America’s Long Struggle with Castro’s Cuba Vicki Huddleston, Overlook Press, 2018, $29.95/hardcover, 304 pages. This book offers many inside stories from the past few decades of U.S.- Cuba relations, from 1989 under the George H.W. Bush administration to today. After the 1961 closing of the U.S. embassy in Havana, it wasn’t until 1977 that the United States was able to take another stab at diplomacy by opening a U.S. interests section in Cuba’s capital city. Ambassador Vicki Huddleston paints a picture of the island country, its people and its leader, Fidel Castro. She shares her