Diplomatic history : a very short introduction / Joseph M. Siracusa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siracusa, Joseph M., author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 242.

Very short introductions ; 242

Standardized Title:

Diplomacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy.

Diplomacy--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 149 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Diplomatic history explores the management of relations between nation-states by the process of negotiations. From the diplomacy of the American Revolution, the diplomatic origins of the Great War and its aftermath, Versailles, and the personal summitry behind the night Stalin and Churchill Divided Europe, to George W. Bush and the Iraq War, and diplomacy in the age of globalization, the management of power relationships has had an immense impact on our recent history. This Very Short Introduction updates the former Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction and illustrates international diplomacy in action, exploring the changes in method at key historical junctures, and highlighting the very different demands that circumstances make on the practice of diplomats. Drawing on the case studies above, it makes sense of the way in which skillful diplomacy, as well as hubris, rashness, and excessive caution, can have important ramifications for the fate of nations. Based on the experiences of diplomatic history, it also locates the universal role of negotiations and identifies the key elements of success. As Joseph M. Siracusa shows, diplomacy was and is an indispensable element of statecraft, and without skillful diplomacy political success may remain elusive.

Contents:

1 Evolution of diplomacy p. 1

2 Diplomacy of the American Revolution p. 11

3 Diplomatic origins of the Great War and Versailles p. 32

4 The night Stalin and Churchill divided Europe p. 57

5 George W. Bush and the Iraq War p. 86

6 Diplomacy in the age of globalization p. 121.

Notes:

Previous edition published in 2010 under the title: Diplomacy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-142) and index.

ISBN:

9780192893918

0192893912

OCLC:

1259535480