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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785472903321

Autore

Hamilton Keith <1942-, >

Titolo

The practice of diplomacy : its evolution, theory, and administration / / Keith Hamilton and Richard Langhorne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90191-4

1-136-90192-2

1-282-93007-9

9786612930072

0-203-84189-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LanghorneRichard <1940->

Disciplina

327.209

Soggetti

Diplomacy - History

Diplomacy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I From the beginnings until 1815; 1 The Old World; 2 The diplomacy of the Renaissance and the resident ambassador; 3 The emergence of the 'old diplomacy'; Part II From 1815 to the present; 4 The 'old diplomacy'; 5 The 'new diplomacy'; 6 Total diplomacy; 7 Diplomacy di.used; Part III Conclusion; 8 Diplomacy transformed and transcended; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy. This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus.Topics new and updated for this edition include:discussion of Ancient and non-European diplomacy including a more thorough treatment of pre-Hellenic and Muslim diplomacy and the diplomatic methods prevalent in the inter-state system of the Indian sub-continentevaluation of human right