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The Ambassadors : Thinking about Diplomacy from Machiavelli to Modern Times
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ISBN: 9780297608530 9781780228365 Year: 2021 Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,

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History does not run in straight lines. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, blind alleys, random events, good intentions that go wrong. Robert Cooper's incisive and elegant book is therefore not a continuous diplomatic history. Richelieu and Mazarin inhabited a 16th-century world we can hardly imagine today, but it is from their time that we can begin to see the outline of today's Europe. The Ambassadors includes a brilliant analysis of the people who built the Western side of the Cold War. Henry Kissinger is a pivotal figure in the post-war world, and his story is in some ways typical: he failed in his most important aims and succeeded in ways he never expected. Robert Cooper's pieces together history and considers the illuminating fragments it leaves behind.


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Summits : six meetings that shaped the twentieth century
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ISBN: 9780713999174 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : Allen Lane the Penguin press,

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English medieval diplomacy
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ISBN: 0253319544 9780253319548 Year: 1985 Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press,

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Medieval diplomacy and the Fourth Crusade
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ISBN: 0860780597 9780860780595 Year: 1980 Volume: 114 Publisher: London Variorum Repr.


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A history of diplomacy
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ISBN: 1861896964 9781861896964 9781861898319 1861898312 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Reaktion Books


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Digital diplomacy : conversations on innovation in foreign policy
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ISBN: 9781442239128 9781442236356 9781442236363 1442236353 1442239123 1442236361 Year: 2015 Publisher: Lanham, Md Rowman & Littlefield

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Through conversations with State Department officials, ambassadors, public relations executives, public policy experts, and academics, this book explores what it means to be innovative in foreign policy and diplomacy. These leading experts explain the new dynamics, developments, trends, and theories in diplomacy brought on by the digital revolution in which non-state actors play an active role. Such access now provides diplomats the means to influence the countries they work in on a massive scale, not just through elites. This book's focus on innovative approaches shows how both public and traditional diplomacy have been transforming foreign policy in the twenty-first century, highlighting new means and trends in conducting diplomacy and implementing foreign policy.

The rise of modern diplomacy 1450-1919.
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ISBN: 0582212324 0582212375 9780582212374 9780582212329 Year: 1993 Publisher: London Longman


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Grand strategies : literature, statecraft, and world order
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ISBN: 9780300163865 030016386X 0300165935 Year: 2010 Publisher: New Haven (Conn.) : Yale university press,

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'The international world of states and their modern system is a literary realm', writes Charles Hill in this powerful work on the practice of international relations. 'It is where the greatest issues of the human condition are played out.' A distinguished lifelong diplomat and educator, Hill aims to revive the ancient tradition of statecraft as practised by humane and broadly educated men and women. Through lucid and compelling discussions of classic literary works from Homer to Rushdie, "Grand Strategies" represents a merger of literature and international relations, inspired by the conviction that 'a grand strategist...needs to be immersed in classic texts from Sun Tzu to Thucydides to George Kennan, to gain real-world experience through internships in the realms of statecraft, and to bring this learning and experience to bear on contemporary issues'. This fascinating and engaging introduction to the basic concepts of the international order not only defines what it is to build a civil society through diplomacy, justice, and lawful governance but also describes how these ideas emerge from and reflect human nature.

War and peace in ancient and medieval history
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ISBN: 9780521817035 052181703X 9780511496301 9780521174145 9780511388613 0511388616 0511386613 9780511386619 0511496303 110717435X 1281254371 9786611254377 0511387628 0511384785 0511382952 0521174147 Year: 2008 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This is a major study of the ideas and practices involved in the making and breaking of peace treaties and truces from Classical Greece to the time of the Crusades. Leading specialists on war and peace in ancient and medieval history examine the creation of peace agreements, and explore the extent to which their terms could be manipulated to serve the interests of one side at the other's expense. The chapters discuss a wide range of uses to which treaties and other peace agreements were put by rulers and military commanders in pursuit of both individual and collective political aims. The book also considers the wider implications of these issues for our understanding of the nature of war and peace in the ancient and medieval periods. This broad-ranging account includes chapters on ancient Persia, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings.


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Public diplomacy : foundations for global engagement in the digital age
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ISBN: 9780745691206 9780745691190 074569120X 0745691196 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press,

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New technologies have opened up fresh possibilities for public diplomacy, but this has not erased the importance of history. On the contrary, the lessons of the past seem more relevant than ever in an age in which communications play an unprecedented role. Whether communications are electronic or hand-delivered, the foundations remain as valid today as they ever have been. Blending history with insights from international relations, communication studies, psychology, and contemporary practice, the author explores the five core areas of public diplomacy : listening, advocacy, cultural diplomacy, exchanges, and international broadcasting. He unpacks the approaches which have dominated in recent years - nation-branding and partnership - and sets out the foundations for successful global public engagement. Rich with case studies and examples drawn from ancient times through to our own digital age, the book shows the true capabilities and limits of emerging platforms and technologies, as well as drawing on lessons from the past which can empower us and help us to shape the future.

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