J. Bruce Amstutz
James Bruce Amstutz (July 11, 1928 – March 16, 2021)[1][2] was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Afghanistan from February 1979 until February 1980.[3]
Amstutz was born on July 11, 1928.[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. They became the first couple to simultaneously receive Ph.D. degrees from the institution.[7] Amstutz died in Alna, Maine on March 16, 2021, at the age of 92.[8]
Publications
- Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation Washington, DC: NDU Press, 1986[9]
See also
Hobart Baumann Amstutz
References
- ^ "Obituary: James Bruce Amstutz". Portland Press Herald. March 26, 1921. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ^ "James Bruce Amstutz". Legacy. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ^ "J. Bruce Amstutz". Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. United States Department of State. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Grunewild, Will (June 4, 2017). "The Mysterious Kidnapping of an American Ambassador Still Haunts the State Department". Washingtonian. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Mohr, Charles (February 22, 1979). "U.S. to Slash Aid to Afghanistan, Partly Because of Death of Envoy". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Blanton, Tom; Savranskaya, Svetlana. "The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump's Terrorists, Nor Zbig's Warm Water Ports". National Security Archive. George Washington University. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Nan Louise Grindle Amstutz". Portland Press Herald. June 3, 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "James Bruce Amstutz". Echovita. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Catalog Record: Afghanistan : the first five years of Soviet". HathiTrust Digital Library. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
External links
- editorial note about his time in Kabul
- Soviet Role Alleged in Dubs' Death Washington Post article
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