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Title: Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy by Charles W., Jr. Freeman ISBN: 1-878379-65-8 Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Dry but useful
Comment: Very interesting, but really a dictionary that assumes alot of foreign policy knowlege. I bought this is the hopes that it would be a great intro to foreign policy book and was dissappointed. Nonetheless, it will make a good reference book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Concise And Useful
Comment: This is a powerful book. It is a concise guide to diplomacy, even for the non-diplomat such as myself. This book gives me a very useful and alternative angle on customer service and communicating.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, Practical Handbook on Statecraft
Comment: Although this book contains only 140 pages of text, Freeman has managed to pack a lot of useful information into it. Its focus is on the practical application of statecraft. To quote Freeman, "statecraft is concerned with the application of the power of the state to other states and peoples. Diplomacy applies this power by persuasive appeals short of war." In other words, diplomacy is but one tool of statecraft. What makes this book rare is that the author is a career foreign service officer, in a bureau where the preservation of peace at any cost is often paramount. It is unusual at best to hear anyone from the Department of State to discuss the usefulness of the application of force or intelligence to international relations.
Arts of Power falls somewhere between the books of international theory and those social psychology books which are full of common-sense, yet contradictory aphorisms-- and it succeeds where the others fail. With a few exceptions, no decent practical guide to the application of statecraft has been written in centuries. Freeman has corrected this error, and in spades.
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Title: Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition by Geoff Berridge ISBN: 0333969294 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Pub. Date: 03 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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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 Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Talking to Strangers by Monteagle Stearns ISBN: 0691007454 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 18 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Diplomacy for the Next Century by Abba Eban ISBN: 0300078609 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America by Shawn Dorman ISBN: 0964948826 Publisher: American Foreign Service Association Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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