Tag: Foreign Language

Profile: Peter Tomsen

Sep 30, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, China, Christmas, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Nonfiction, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Travel

Peter Tomsen cut a path from the Peace Corps to an ambassadorship through jungle warfare in Vietnam, negotiating Peace Corps into China, and serving as Special Envoy to Afghanistan after Soviet withdrawal.
Around the World & Right Here

Feb 4, 2024

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Ben East

in Africa, Home, Malawi, Non-Fiction, Peace Corps, Travel, Writing

I would visit corners of this strange land not unlike my hometown: unknown and invisible to the world, no place of pride on any map, unsung in the guide books. Places nobody came from and nobody went to. Corn farms. Tobacco farms.