Dennis C. Jett is a professor and founding faculty member at the School of International Affairs at Pennsylvania State University. A former career diplomat, he served twenty-eight years in the State Department in a wide range of positions including as ambassador to Peru and Mozambique and on the National Security Council. He is the author of four books: Why Peacekeeping Fails, Why American Foreign Policy Fails, American Ambassadors, and most recently, The Iran Nuclear Deal.
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If you ever wondered who becomes an American ambassador and why, this is the book for you. It describes how Foreign Service officers become ambassadors by rising up through the ranks, and why they typically make up about 70 percent of the total number of ... SEE MORE