What do diplomats actually do? That is what this text seeks to answer by describing the various stages of a typical diplomat's career. The book follows a fictional diplomat from his application to join the national diplomatic service through different postings at home and overse…
What do diplomats actually do? That is what this text seeks to answer by describing the various stages of a typical diplomat's career. The book follows a fictional diplomat from his application to join the national diplomatic service through different postings at home and overse…
"Raoul Wallenberg is a genuine hero of the Holocaust, revered and honoured by millions worldwide for his humanitarian achievements in Budapest in 1944. During his often dramatic six months in that tragic city, Wallenberg and his diplomatic colleagues saved and assisted many thou…
Career Diplomacy{u2014}now in its second edition{u2014}is an insider's guide that examines the foreign service as an institution, a profession and a career. Based on the authors' own experiences and through interviews with over 100 current and former foreign service officers and…
In Diplomacy in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices, second edition, twenty-three respected scholars contribute to the debate about the changing nature of contemporary diplomacy and its future theoretical and practical directions. Filling a gap in the diplomacy textbook …
This is a major biography of Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859), perhaps the most important European politician of the first half of the nineteenth century. Metternich held the highest civilian posts in the Austrian Empire without interruption from 1809 to 1848, helped determine…
A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy. From Vietnam in the 1960s to the Afghanistan of this decade, James Dobbins was on the frontline of American diplomacy and working to advance U.S. national interests in some of the world's most difficult and troubled situation…