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Independent diplomat : dispatches from an unaccountable elite / Carne Ross.
LIBRA JZ1305 .R674 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Carne.
- Series:
- Crises in world politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diplomacy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 243 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- For more than 15 years, Ross was a British diplomat on the frontlines of numerous international crises, including the war in Afghanistan. Here he provides a compelling account of what's wrong with contemporary diplomacy and offers a bold new vision of how it might be put right.
- Contents:
- 2 The Embassy 27
- 3 The Negotiation (1) 49
- 4 War Stories 71
- 5 Them and Us 83
- 6 The Telegram or How to Be Ignored 107
- 7 The Ambassador 129
- 8 Star Trek, Wittgenstein and the Problem with Foreign Policy 151
- 9 The Negotiation (2) 165
- 10 Independent Diplomat or the Other Side of the Table 187
- 11 Conclusion - The End of "Diplomacy"? 203.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : C. Hurst, 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801445576
- 0801445574
- OCLC:
- 133466596
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