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Foreign Affairs Government Sources

Foreign Relations of the United States
"Series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity."
• Truman Administration
• Eisenhower Administration
• Kennedy Administration
• Johnson Administration
• Nixon Administration
• Ford Administration
• Carter Administration
Foreign Relations volumes covering the pre-Truman Period

Statesman's Yearbook

The Statesman's Yearbook
This site contains the full text of The Statesman's Yearbook, from the first edition published in 1864 up to the present. The Yearbook is regularly updated to reflect recent world events, with extensive search and browse facilities.

Selected Journals in Diplomacy

Sources recommended by Ambassador Napper

U.S. Declassified Documents Online
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Data on Diplomacy

Diplomatic Exchange Data, 1817-2005
"Captures diplomatic representation at the level of chargé d'affaires, minister, and ambassador between members of the interstate system for: 1817, 1824, 1827, 1832, 1836, 1840, every five years between 1844 and 1914;1920 and 1940; and 1950 and 2005."
Diplomatic Missions Received by Each International System Member, 1817-1970
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The Statesman's Yearbook
Full text of The Statesman's Yearbook, from the first edition published in 1864 up to the current edition. The Yearbook is regularly updated to reflect recent world events, with extensive search and browse facilities.

Diplomatic Representation Data Set
Data on diplomatic relations between states across time, an update and an extension of previous work done first by David Singer and Melvin Small as part of the Correlates of War Project.
Visits to US by Foreign Leaders
From State Dept, it provides the dates of diplomatic visits by country.