The Diplomat's Dictionary - Softcover

Freeman Jr., Chas W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878379666 ISBN 13: 9781878379665

Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997

Synopsis

Please see the new, * volume Diplomat's Dictionary: Second Edition.Diplomacy obviously means very different things to different people. In this entertaining and informative collection, career diplomat Chas Freeman brings together keen observations, witty insights, shrewd advice, and classic words of wisdom on the art and practice of diplomacy. In so doing, this wide-ranging compendium draws on many cultures, ancient and modern.This revised edition adds about eighty new entries to the text. Like the first edition, it should be useful to "anyone who may be called upon to deal with complex and challenging situations in cross-cultural circumstances."

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Review

Diplomacy is . . .the art of saying "nice doggie" till you can find a rock.--Wynn Catlin

About the Author

Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., has been a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War, and assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. He was a fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 1994-95 and is the author of Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy (USIP Press) and Diplomat's Dictionary (USIP Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878379666
• ISBN 13: 9781878379665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384