Old diplomacy revisited : a study in the modern history of diplomatic transformations

Author(s)

• Weisbrode, Kenneth

Bibliographic Information

Old diplomacy revisited : a study in the modern history of diplomatic transformations

Kenneth Weisbrode

（Palgrave pivot）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

1st ed

• : hardback

Note

Summary: "In historical terms, the so-called "old diplomacy" is not really that old - most of its concepts and methods date to the mid-19th century - while the practices of "new diplomacy" emerged only about a generation later. Moreover, "Diplomacy 2.0" and other variants of the post-Cold War era do not actually depart significantly from their twentieth-century predecessor: their forms, particularly in terms of technology, have changed, but their substance has not. In this succinct overview, historian Kenneth Weisbrode reminds us that to understand diplomatic transformations and their relevance to international affairs is to see diplomacy is an art - and that, like most arts, it is adapted and re-adapted with reference to earlier forms. Paradoxically, diplomatic practice is always changing, and always continuous"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

In historical terms, the Old Diplomacy is not really that old many of its concepts and methods date to the mid-nineteenth century while the practices of New Diplomacy emerged only a couple of generations later. Moreover, "Diplomacy 2.0" and other variants of the post-Cold War era do not depart significantly from their twentieth-century predecessor: their forms, particularly in technology, have changed, but their substance has not. In this succinct overview, historian Kenneth Weisbrode reminds us that to understand diplomatic transformations and their relevance to international affairs is to see diplomacy as an entrepreneurial art and that, like most arts, it is adapted and re-adapted with reference to earlier forms. Diplomatic practice is always changing, and always continuous.

Table of Contents

1. A Question of Novelty 2. Old-Old Diplomacy 3. Old-New Diplomacy 4. New-New Diplomacy 5. The Diplomatic Imagination

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB18416393
• ISBN:
  • 9781137397324
• LCCN: 2013042559
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 65 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JZ1305
  • DC23 : 327.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Diplomacy -- History
  • FREE : HISTORY / Historiography. bisacsh
  • FREE : HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh
  • FREE : POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy. bisacsh
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1163475X