The foreign service of the United States de Tracy Hollingsworth Lay - 1925

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/missing. A good plus first edition, scarce on the market. Burgundy cloth boards. Bumped corners. Front hinge exposed. Two previous owners' names on first free endpaper. No other markings. No dust jacket. xvi, 438 p. Created in 1924 by the Rogers Act, the Foreign Service combined all consular and diplomatic services of the U.S. government into one administrative unit. In addition to the unit's function, the Rogers Act defined a personnel system under which the United States Secretary of State is authorized to assign diplomats abroad.