successfully sued Hempstone (High Court Civil Suit Case No. 1273) for suggesting in his autobiography that Biwott had been involved in the murder of Kenya's minister of foreign Affairs, Dr. Robert Ouko, in February 1990. Hempstone did not defend the action. Hempstone died in 2006 in Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, from complications of diabetes. Writings Letters from Africa to the Institute of Current World Affairs, New York (1956) Africa: Angry Young Giant, Praeger, 1961 (published in England as The New Africa, Faber, 1961). The New Africa (1961) Katanga Report, Faber, 1962 Rebels, Mercenaries and Dividends: The Katanga Story, Praeger, 1962. A Tract of Time (novel), Houghton, 1966. In the Midst of Lions (novel) (1968) --> India in Focus: Six Articles (1964) In the Midst of Lions (novel), Harper, 1968. United States Foreign Policy and the China Problem by Morton A. Kaplan, Douglas MacArthur, Smith Hempstone (1982) Chosin Marine: An Autobiography by Bill Davis, James H. Webb, Smith Hempstone (1986) Rogue Ambassador: An African Memoir (1997) (Editor) STA, an Illustrated History of St. Albans School, Glastonbury Press, 1981. Contributor to Saturday Evening Post, Atlantic Monthly, Reader's Digest, U.S. News & World Report, and other magazines. Memberships American Society of News Editors Explorers Club References Sources External links Washington Post obituary Kenyan tribute to Hempstone 1929 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American novelists American columnists American newspaper editors Journalists from Washington, D.C. American male novelists Ambassadors of the United States to Kenya Chicago Daily News people The Washington Times people United States Marine Corps officers United States Marine Corps personnel of the Korean War George H. W. Bush administration personnel Culver Academies alumni Sewanee: The University of the South alumni George Washington University alumni Harvard University alumni Deaths from diabetes American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers