Diplomacy and its Discontents / James Eayrs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eayrs, James, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Diplomatic and consular service.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

With incisive critiques of the moral turpitude and inefficiency of the diplomatic profession, this volume discusses the 'October crisis' in Quebec and other recent events, incorporating the author's selection of his recent writings on the irrelevance, or deliquescence, of modern diplomacy.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; PART I: THE DELIQUESCENCE OF DIPLOMACY; 1 The clearing of the chanceries; 2 The ambassador as hostage; 3 The correspondent and the diplomat; 4 'Rally round the file, boys!'; 5 'Live, and let Nelson Eddy live'; 6 A foreign policy for beavers; 7 Principles for receivership; 8 Trade, not braid; 9 The selling of the think-tank; 10 The deliquescence of diplomacy; PART II: FATE AND WILL IN FOREIGN POLICY; 1 Left and right; 2 The vital centre; 3 Ignorance and knowledge; 4 Blindness and prevision; 5 Inertia and innovation; 6 Force and impotence; 7 Weakness and power.

8 Stupidity and powerPART III: RIGHT AND WRONG IN FOREIGN POLICY; 1 The ways of statecraft; 2 The ways of keeping faith; 3 The words of world politics; Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9781487596569

1487596561

9781442631748

1442631740

OCLC:

1088915861