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Title: Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to Kissinger by Geoff Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper, Thomas G. Otte, H. M. A. Keens-Soper ISBN: 0-333-75365-8 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Fairly interesting collection
Comment: A fairly interesting collection of essays on diplomatic theorists of the modern era. Excellent sourcing and useful lists for further reading are included at the end of each essay. The biographical introductions for each of the writers come across with moderate success; the essays do not have the room to adequately outline the lives of these thinkers, and some of the causation and chronology seems a little shaky at times.
The usually ponder what the individual thinker was best known for. This does not mean that the writing will turn out to always be interesting. The best essays are those on Machiavelli, Gucciardini, Richelieu, and Kissinger. One of the greatest pitfulls is the lack of discussion -excepted by a brief treatment in the Kissinger piece- of the linkage between diplomacy and military policy.
The usefulness of this book can best be summed up as quick overviews of the theorists' perspectives on diplomatic activity. The essays' conclusions ought to be read first, and then a quick skim of the essays themselves. The citing is excellent, and thorough. The sources for further reading are very useful.
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Title: Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition by G. R. Berridge ISBN: 0333969294 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 03 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy by Charles W., Jr. Freeman ISBN: 1878379658 Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Chas. W., Jr Freeman ISBN: 1878379666 Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger ISBN: 0671510991 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Talking to Strangers by Monteagle Stearns ISBN: 0691007454 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 18 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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