Adams Robyn, Cox Rosanna. Diplomacy and Early Modern Culture

Reaktion Books, 2010 - 312 p. ISBN10: 1861896964 ISBN13: 9781861896964 In A History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black investigates how a form of courtly negotiation and information-gathering in the early modern period developed through increasing globalization into a world-shaping force in twenty-first-century politics. The monarchic systems of the sixteenth century gave way to the colonial development of European nations—which in turn were s...

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan. (September 22, 2005). Language: English. 218 pages. Essence of Diplomacy explores the essential, timeless features of diplomacy, drawing on the historical record of over three millennia. In their effort at making international relations (IR) theory relevant to diplomacy, and diplomacy relevant to IR theory, the authors identify three essential dimensions of diplomacy: communication, representation and the reproducti...

Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England Year: 2003 Pages: 272 Nickles examines the impact of the telegraph on diplomacy during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His inquiry centers on three incidents: the War of 1812, the Trent affair during the Civil War, and Britain's decoding and exploitation of the Zimmermann telegram of 1917. Nickles' narratives illustrate the way delay could either provoke or prevent...

Diplomacy is a 1994 book written by former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. It is a sweep of the history of international relations and the art of diplomacy, largely concentrating on the 20th century and the Western World. Kissinger has established himself as a major thinker, writer, and actor on the world's diplomatic stage. His newest work is a remarkable survey of the craft of international relations from the e...

Highlighting edition. Simon & Schuster, 1994. - 912 p. Kissinger's work is a remarkable survey of the craft of international relations from the early 17th century to the present era. Beginning with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, Kissinger summarizes three centuries of Western diplomacy, giving special attention to the influence of Wilsonian idealism on 20th-century American foreign policy. He is not shy about describing his own contributions...

DiploPublishing, 1998, Prepared by Academic Training Institute The Mediterranean Academy of Diplomacy has recently organised two international conferences addressing the future of diplomacy. The papers featured in this volume were presented at these conferences. The contributors are professors, diplomats and officials involved in international relations, coming from a wide variety of countries. Topics: The Internet and Diplomats of the Twenty Fi...

The University of North Carolina Press, 2003 - 416 p. ISBN10: 0807828254 ISBN13: 9780807828250 (eng) In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of America's foremost diplomats of the postwar era from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs. Named ambassador to Argentina by Harry Truman in 1951, Bunker went on to serve six mor...

Published in association with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School based at the University of Southern California. ISBN: 978-0-415-95302-3. Binding: Paperback. Published by: Routledge. Publication Date: 14th October 2008. Pages: 408. Preface and Introduction ix. Notes on Contributors xiii. Introduction. Rethinking Public Diplomacy. Nancy Snow. Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communications. Philip M. Taylor. Part 1: The Cont...

Recognizing the increasingly important role of multilateral diplomacy in relations between States and the responsibilities of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other international organizations of a universal character within the international community.

Routledge, 1982. 236 p. In the first major assessment of diplomatic dialogue since Nicolson's Diplomacy in 1939, Adam Watson traces the changing techniques of diplomacy from ancient times through the 'diplomatic society' of Europe to the present global system. In examining the conventions and institutions which help to shape the international system the author aims not so much to preserve diplomatic order which worked well in the past but rather...