(Part 2) Top products from r/foreignservice
We found 16 product mentions on r/foreignservice. We ranked the 32 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Outpost: A Diplomat at Work
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Simon Schuster
Show Reddit reviews22. American Ambassadors: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Diplomats
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews23. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Cengage Learning
Show Reddit reviews24. The Foreign Circus: Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Political Hacks
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
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26. We Meant Well (American Empire Project)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews27. The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews28. Practical Spanish Grammar: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews29. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Naked Economics Undressing the Dismal Science
Show Reddit reviews30. The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Are you familiar with https://www.italki.com/ ? It's a pretty great resource to work on conversation in a way that's tailored to you.
Also, if grammar trips you up, this book is highly recommended: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Spanish-Grammar-Self-Teaching-Guide/dp/0471134465/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1526487698&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=spanish+grammar&psc=1
Bill Burns has a new one out that is excellent. https://www.amazon.com/Back-Channel-American-Diplomacy-Renewal/dp/0525508864/
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Prudence Bushnell's book is also excellent. https://www.amazon.com/Terrorism-Betrayal-Resilience-Embassy-Bombings/dp/1640121013/
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Not a career FSO, but I also really liked Wendy Sherman's book. https://www.amazon.com/Not-Faint-Heart-Lessons-Persistence/dp/156858816X/
Naked Economics is a really great, approachable book that i've read and re-read before taking the test. I highly recommend it!
Er, not really. If you want to go really comprehensive here's a post I made over at r/suggestmeabook with the reading list I used to prep for the test
https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/3umzlz/looking_for_a_book_list_to_help_me_understand_the/cxh36xm
And this is the book I used for the management terminology
http://www.amazon.com/Organizational-Behavior-Managing-People-Organizations/dp/1133626696/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442932724&sr=1-14&keywords=organizational+behavior
Plus Spark Notes US History and the Constitution, you should be good.
I really recommend outpost by Ambassador Chris Hill. It is my favorite FS related book. 5/5, plus a bonus point for throwing shade at Dick Cheney.
When I was in graduate school, one of my professors made a big distinction between academic research in international relations vs diplomatic studies. So, we focused on diplomats themselves rather than states as our level of analysis. Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to Kissinger by Berridge, Keens-Soper, and Otte was my favorite book from this class.
I liked Susan Shirk's book China: Fragile Superpower.
I'm not sure it will be relevant going forward. I'd probably stick with the fundamentals, any analysis will not be anticipating what will happen in the next few years.
We Meant Well by Peter Van Buren
A decent place to start: https://www.amazon.com/Absentee-Landlords-Survival-Guide/dp/0965381714
Currently reading American Ambassadors: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Diplomats and also suggest a unique one in Foreign Circus.
"The Mirror Test: America at war in Iraq and Afghanistan" is a good read. https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Test-America-Iraq-Afghanistan/dp/0385351127