Nicholas Kralev
Nicholas Kralev is a former Financial Times and Washington
Times correspondent and author of America's
Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy. All rights
reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without
permission in writing from the author. To contact Kralev or for
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