TY - BOOK ID - 101203812 TI - Oman, culture and diplomacy AU - Jones, Jeremy AU - Ridout, Nicholas Peter. PY - 2012 SN - 1280770007 9786613680778 0748674616 0748642951 PB - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, DB - UniCat KW - International relations. KW - Oman KW - Civilization. KW - Foreign relations. KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Sultanate of Oman KW - ʻUmān (Sultanate) KW - Salṭanat ʻUmān KW - Muscat KW - Mascate KW - عمان KW - سلطنة عُمان KW - オマーン KW - オーマン KW - Muscat and Oman UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101203812 AB - A comprehensive study of Oman presenting a portrait of a nation through its diplomacy.For Oman, the idea of diplomacy refers not only to the country's interactions in the global community, but also to the way in which Omani life itself is shaped by principles and practices of social and political engagement that are essentially diplomatic. Such principles are grounded in ideals of tact and tolerance that have developed over a long historical period.This is therefore a cultural history: an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture. It argues that this culture is where O ER -