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Sample Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FARQ
State Department Overseas Briefing Center: Protocol for the Modern Diplomat
http://www.state.gov/www/obc/pubs/protocol.html
Foreign Affairs Manual: scroll down to 2 FAM 300, Protocol, Precedence,
and Formalities
http://foia.state.gov/fam/02fam.asp
A State Magazine article written by a former intern in the Office of Protocol can be found here:
State Magazine: Following Protocol Is This Office's Charter
http://www.state.gov/www/publications/statemag/statemag_jan99/bomtxt.html
The Luke Air Force Base Protocol Office also provides the following online information:
http://www.luke.af.mil/Protocol/wheelsup.htm
Your local library would also be an excellent source for books about diplomatic etiquette and protocol. The State Department provides the following bibliographies of books on protocol and culture:
State Department: Books on Protocol
http://www.state.gov/www/obc/pubs/bibprot.html
State Department: Bibliography of Cross-Cultural Resources
http://www.state.gov/www/obc/pubs/bibcult.html
Through our service as a U.S. Federal Depository Library, we can refer you to the following nongovernmental source(s) of information. Note that none of these sources are officially endorsed by the State Department, nor do they represent official U.S. foreign or domestic policy. A good subject search to use in finding books at your local library is:
DIPLOMATIC ETIQUETTE
Here are examples of books you may be able to find in your library or request by interlibrary loan:
Author: Wood, John R.
Title: Diplomatic ceremonial and protocol : principles, procedures &
practices / John R. Wood, Jean Serres.
Published: Macmillan, 1970.
Possible LC Call Number: JX1679 .W65 1970a
Title: Etiquette & protocol; a handbook of conduct in American and
international circles. / by I. Monte Radlovic
Published: New York, Harcourt, Brace (1956)
Possible LC Call Number: BJ 1858 R3