Tact and intelligence : essays on diplomatic history and international relations
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Tact and intelligence : essays on diplomatic history and international relations
Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, 2008
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
During a career that spanned sixty years, Gordon A. Craig (1913-2005) was one of America's leading authorities on diplomatic history and international relations. This volume of previously uncollected essays (with one essay published here for the first time) includes several surveys, from different perspectives, of the field of diplomatic history; comparative studies of American and European conceptions of foreign policy and the balance of power; and essays on the theory and practice of diplomacy, focusing especially on the turbulent twentieth century.
Table of Contents
Foreword by James J. SheehanEditors' NotePART ONE: The Historian's Craft1. On the Nature of Diplomatic History: The Relevance of Some Old Books2. On the Pleasure of Reading Diplomat Correspondence3. The Historian and the Study of International RelationsPART TWO: The Balance of Power4. The System of Alliances and the Balance of Power5. Europe and the Balance of Power, 1871-19146. The Founding Fathers and the Balance of Power7. The United States and the European Balance8. Germany and the United States: Some Historic Parallels and Differences and their Reflection in Attitudes Toward Foreign PolicyPART THREE: Between the Wars9. Prewar Diplomacy in Europe10. Munich: The Price of Peace11. Dangerous LiaisonsPART FOUR: The Second World War and Beyond12. Roosevelt and Hitler: The Problem of Perception13. Diplomats and Diplomacy During the Second World War14. Churchill and Germany15. The Good Soldier16. Looking for OrderREFERENCE MATTERNotesBibliographical NoteIndex
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