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The Craft of Political Analysis for Diplomats Raymond F. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Raymond F., 1941-
- Series:
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
- Adst-dacor diplomats and diplomacy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diplomats--In-service training.
- Diplomats.
- Political science--Methodology.
- Political science.
- Diplomacy--Methodology.
- Diplomacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Required reading for Foreign Service professionals and candidates
- Contents:
- Glossary of common State Department terms
- What is political analysis and why is it a craft?
- The objectives of diplomatic political analysis
- The audience
- The competition
- The analyst's personal toolkit
- The analytic tools
- Criteria for superior reporting: the State Department view
- Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (1): early embassy Moscow views
- Case study: the collapse of the Soviet Union (2): coup against Gorbachev
- The compass and the weather vane
- Technological change, the risk of irrelevance, and the continuing need.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59797-730-6
- OCLC:
- 773264339
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