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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816541803321

Autore

Breslin Thomas A

Titolo

Beyond pain : the role of pleasure and culture in the making of foreign affairs / / Thomas A. Breslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-61805-5

1-280-37389-X

9786610373895

0-313-07365-1

0-313-04635-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 203 pages)

Collana

Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics, , 1527-9901

Disciplina

327.1/01

Soggetti

International relations and culture

Diplomacy

Pleasure

Pain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- BEYOND PAIN -- Contents -- Preface -- NOTE -- 1  The Five Baits -- NOTES -- 2  Ten Thousand Persian Archers -- NOTES -- 3  Roman Virgins and Vandals -- NOTES -- 4  The Glittering Diplomacy of Byzantium -- NOTES -- 5  The Byzantine Doge and the Parsimonious Prince -- NOTES -- 6  Lording It over the Britons: England's Anglo-Norman Empire -- NOTES -- 7  The British Empire: Doomed in the Fleshpots of Paris -- NOTES -- 8  Whiskey versus Rum: The Roots of America's Bicultural Foreign Policy -- NOTES -- 9  Sweet and Sour: China Deals with the Modern West -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS -- PUBLISHED MATERIALS -- Index -- About the Author.