Additional Resources
Useful Resources to Prepare Yourself for the Foreign Service
Diplomacy and the Foreign Service
Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, by Shawn Dorman
Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the US Foreign Service, by Harry W. Kopp and John K. Naland
America’s Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st-Century Diplomacy, by Nicholas Kralev
Diplomats: Real Stories from Real Diplomats – Experiences of Women Serving at U.S. Embassies Around the World, by Alicia Ford
Relevant Knowledge
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, by Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley
CliffsQuickReview: American Government, by D. Stephen Voss, Abraham Hoffman, and Paul Soifer
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by Joseph F. Kett and James Trefil
The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World, by Greg Ip
International Political Economy, by Thomas Oatley
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
English
Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan
Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers, by University of Chicago Press
The Elements of Style, by W. Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Current Affairs
The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post
Websites
https://careers.state.gov/career-paths/
https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/FSOT/information-guide.aspx
Blogs
https://afsa.org/foreign-service-blogs
https://www.aafsw.org/foreign-service-blogs/
https://pathtoforeignservice.com/
https://www.whatdiplomatsdo.com/
https://www.beingchristinajane.com/how-i-became-a-u-s-diplomat/