Kahn, E.J., Jr. The China Hands: America’s Foreign Service Hands and What Befell Them.. New York: Viking Press, 1975.
Kaiser, David. American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000
Kaplan, Robert D. The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite. New York: The Free Press, 1993.
Keeley, Robert. First Line of Defense: Ambassadors, Embassies and American Interests. Washington, DC: American Academy of Diplomacy, 2000.
This work, compiling wisdom from approximately 30 ambassadors, offers a real-world picture of how diplomacy is practiced today. It usefully depicts the roles played by ambassadors, the challenges they face, the influence they may or may not have on the substance of U.S. foreign policy and their broader responsibilities in promoting U.S. interests overseas. Although written before 2001, Keeley's poignant appeal for greater funding and expanded personnel resources for the Foreign Service rings true even more vividly in the post-9/11 world of U.S. diplomacy.
Kennan, George. Memoirs 1925-1950. New York: Random House, Inc. 1983.
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, this beautifully written, introspective book by one of the most influential diplomats of his era brings to life major events of U.S. diplomatic history before, during and after World War II. Kennan's deep understanding of Russian history and culture serves as the basis for authoritative comments on America's troubled relations with that country over the turbulent quarter century covered in his narrative and provides contextual background for his famous "long cable" that served as the basis for the U.S. containment policy toward the Soviet Union adopted by President Harry S. Truman.
Kennan, George F. Lectures at the National War College 1946-1947. Giles D. Harlow and George C. Maerz, eds. Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1991.
Kent, Zachary. William Seward: The Mastermind of the Alaska Purchase. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2001.
Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
This brilliant work of history, analysis and memoir by the most influential foreign policy player during the Nixon presidency presents a readable yet scholarly insider's perspective on critical developments during the Cold War. In addition to describing his own first-hand diplomatic encounters, Kissinger offers insightful commentaries on such subjects as the broad East-West balance of power structure in the postwar period, the complexities of negotiating an end to America's involvement in Vietnam and how national negotiating styles can influence the outcomes of policy.
Kissinger, Henry. Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
Knock, Thomas. To End all Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World . New York: Oxford University Press, 1992
Kohut, Andrew and Bruce Stokes. America and the World: How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked. New York: Times Books: 2006.
This important contemporary work draws on polling data from some 50 countries throughout the world to examine the fundamental sources of present-day anti-Americanism. It explores, for example, the ways that America’s sense of exceptionalism, religiosity, individualism and optimism set it apart from other countries, including those of Western Europe – with which it shares many other common values and outlooks – and thus impede its ability to build consensus and otherwise exercise effective leadership in a world that feels threatened by America-led forces of globalization.
Kopp, Harry W. Commercial Diplomacy and the National Interest. New York, NY: American Academy of Diplomacy; Business Council for International Understanding, 2004
This lively work describes the importance of promoting U.S. business abroad in maintaining America’s place in the world. As the world’s leading exporter, importer and source and destination of funds for foreign investment, the United States, the authors argue, must vigorously protect and expand its role as the world’s supplier and customer of choice for goods, services, ideas, capital and entrepreneurial energy. Case histories that deal with market access, investor rights, protection of intellectual property, corrupt practices, contract sanctity, sanctions, security and other trade and investment issues show how diplomacy works with business to achieve commercial objectives that advance national interests.
Kux, Dennis. The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Press Center, 2001.
