4 Contributors
5 Thoughts from the SHAFR President Mary Ann Heiss
6 A Roundtable on Steven Brady, Chained to History: Slavery and U.S. Foreign Relations to 1865
Matthew Mason, Brian Rouleau, Joseph A. Fry, Michael E. Woods, Stacey Smith, and Steven Brady
7 A Roundtable on Maria Quintana, Contracting Freedom: Race, Empire, and U.S. Guestworkers Programs
Deborah Cohen, Evan Ward, Aileen Teague, Jessica Kim, and Maria L. Quintana
26 Seven Questions on...NATO History
Susan Colbourn, Jeffrey H. Michaels, Timothy Andrews Sayle, and Joshua R. Shifrinson
34 Review of Roger Peace and Jeremy Kuzmarov, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror
Joseph Stieb
38 Reflections on the SHAFR Committee on Women Second Book Workshop Nicole Anslover
40 SHAFR Spotlights
46 Minutes of September 2022 Council Meeting
48 Diplomatic Pouch
51 Dispatches
53 The Last Word: COVID and Diplomatic History—Taking a Long(er) View
Anne L. Foster, Petra Goedde, Brian McNamara, Graydon Dennison, and Haley Williams