Hannah Gurman Discusses "The Dissent Papers" and Dissenting Diplomats
Earlier this month, Hannah Gurman spoke to the American Foreign Service Association about her new book The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond.
In The Dissent Papers, Hannah Gurman explores the overlooked opposition of U.S. diplomats to American foreign policy in the latter half of the twentieth century. During America’s reign as a dominant world power, U.S. presidents and senior foreign policy officials largely ignored or rejected their diplomats’ reports, memos, and telegrams, especially when they challenged key policies relating to the Cold War, China, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. The Dissent Papers recovers these diplomats’ invaluable perspective and their commitment to the transformative power of diplomatic writing.
Here’s the video of her talk:
