Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs - Hardcover

Patten, Chris

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9780713998559: Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs

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ISBN 10: 0713998555 ISBN 13: 9780713998559

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2005

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Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs

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Review:

'Patten writes with wit, elegance and passion, showing a candour and courage uncommon among politicians in democratic societies today' -- Stephen Graubard, The Sunday Telegraph, September 25, 2005

'an excellent new book' -- Philip Stephens, The Financial Times, 7 October 2005

'an exhilirating critique of where we stand today as an international community' -- Douglas Hurd, New Statesman, 3 October 2005

Synopsis:

Chris Patten is nobody's poodle' Guardian Not Quite the Diplomat describes what has been happening in Britain, Europe and the world since 1997 from the perspective of one at the heart of international events. In examining how we got to where we are, he writes frankly about many of the major players and what happened behind closed doors; his sketches of world leaders - including Chirac, Putin, Kohl, and Blair (a man who has convictions to which he holds strongly - while he holds them') - and of key moments are done with the brush of a master portraitist. In arguing about where we should be, he writes with the directness of a man freed at last from the bonds of diplomatic restraint. No recent book by a politician of any political persuasion has been so engaging, so outspoken - and often so funny. If Chris Patten is no longer the diplomat, it is the readers of this book who are the beneficiaries.

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