The Foreign Service Journal, November 2018

42 NOVEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL face-to-face experiences with Castro; the initiatives she under- took—such as giving out transistor radios to everyday Cubans, despite Castro’s orders; and the drama of the well-documented Elian Gonzalez affair. Huddleston also analyzes President Barack Obama’s 2014 decision to seek détente, followed by the backsliding of the more recent sonic harassment of Canadian and American dip- lomats, leading the reader up to present Trump-era diplomatic distress. Were there missed chances for détente? What are some common misconceptions and clouds of confusion surrounding U.S.-Cuba relations? The author seeks to answer these questions and many others. Huddleston then looks to the future by exam- ining what Cuba will be without a Castro as leader. Vicki Huddleston was chief of the U.S. interests section in Havana under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and later served as U.S. ambassador to Madagascar and Mali. She wrote a Brookings report on how to normalize U.S. relations with the rogue island nation, which later served as a guide for the 2014 Obama-Raul Castro diplomatic reopening, and has written for The Washington Post, The Miami Herald and The New York Times. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cold Waters: My Ship Adventures in the Arctic, Antarctica and North Atlantic Raymond Malley, Xlibris, 2018, $22.29/hardcover, $19.99/ paperback, $3.99/Kindle, 222 pages. Anyone interested in travel, especially to cold climes, will find this memoir irresistible. As a child, Raymond Mal- ley became enchanted with Baffin Island and the Arctic. Later, he visited both and was so smitten that he then spent years exploring the Arctic, the North Atlantic and Antarctica on any kind of ship he could find: a Russian icebreaker, a German container ship, Ger- man and Norwegian cruise ships, and a French luxury cruise yacht. He was usually accompanied by his wife, Josette. Cold Waters shows readers icy waters, violent storms, ice- bergs, glaciers, mountains and valleys, and abandoned whaling stations. You’ll also read also about those who live in such for- bidding environments: humans, polar bears, walrus, penguins, whales and other species. Throughout the memoir, Malley’s prose is crisp, frank and revealing. A retired Senior Foreign Service officer, Raymond Malley spent 23 years with the U.S. Agency for International Develop- ment, serving mainly in Asian and African countries. After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1983, he held executive positions with a global Korean industrial manufacturing group. He and his wife Jessie, who retired from the World Bank, live in Hanover, New Hampshire, where they write, lecture and teach part-time. Flowers for Brother Mudd: One Woman’s Path from Jim Crow to Career Diplomat Judith Mudd-Krijgelmans, Xlibris, 2018, $26.59/hardcover, 294 pages. In this engrossing memoir Judith Mudd-Krijgelmans traces her life story from segregated Kentucky through an exciting diplomatic career. Curious about the world from a very young age, she took inspiration from figures like Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow. At age 4 she already knew she was a big fan of President Harry Truman’s policies, and when her brother told her during a spat that she had no friends she retorted, “I do have friends: Santa Claus, Jesus and Harry Truman!” As a young black American pursuing her dream to serve her nation abroad in a time of segregation and tumultuous poli- tics, the author presents a unique perspective. Raising a young child and pursuing a master’s degree while broke was no small feat, but she was determined to make ends meet and become a competitive candidate for the U.S. Foreign Service. In the end she made the cut, raised her right hand and went on to enjoy a fulfilling career at the U.S. Information Agency. FSO Judith Mudd-Krijgelmans served in New Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, Taipei, Hong Kong, Brussels, Libreville, Bujumbura and Brazzaville. FromWashington she supported civic education in South Africa; and she led public diplomacy in eight French-speaking African countries. Since leaving the Foreign Service, she has led memoir courses in Northern Virginia, where she lives with her husband, Belgian writer Claude Krijgelmans.