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To the Secretary: Leaked Embassy Cables and America's Foreign Policy Disconnect
By Thompson-Jones, Mary
- ISBN
- 9780393246582
- Publisher
- Norton
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Reviewed on May 15, 2016 | Social Sciences
In 2010, WikiLeaks blew the lid off American diplomacy with Cablegate, its release of over 250,000 leaked embassy cables, at the time the largest such exposure of classified information. Former diplomat Thompson-Jones (global studies, Northeastern Univ.) here revisits the events and offers insight into the struggles of on-the-ground diplomats who did their job in the face of budget cuts, waning American influence ow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
