The Ambassadors by Robert Cooper

The Ambassadors by Robert Cooper

Diplomacy in the West from Richelieu to Kissinger: the great diplomats of history and what their achievements tell us about the most important issues of our time

Robert Cooper has a lifelong experience of diplomacy in the British Foreign Office and the European UnionHis new
book is based on wide reading and meticulous attention to detail. It is fluently written in a limpid and comfortable prose...a subtle analysis of the nature of international relations and the creative way brilliant people have used a combination of diplomacy and force to manage the convoluted problems which relations between countries always throw up... A vivid and penetrating account of the major international crises of the past 70 years and the people who handled them

-- Rodric Braithwaite * THE SPECTATOR *
Told with erudition and con molto brio ... The author's reflections on the nature and uses of power as on the art of negotiation deserve full attention -- François Heisbourg * FINANCIAL TIMES *
This book's often critical analysis is as good a primer on Kissinger as there is to be found * Irish Times *

Sir Robert Francis Cooper is a British diplomat and adviser currently serving as a Special Advisor at the European Commission with regard to Myanmar. He is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an acclaimed writer on international relations. His publications, apart from a number of articles in Prospect and elsewhere, include: The Post-Modern State and the World Order and The Breaking of Nations, which won the Orwell Prize for Political Writing.

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ISBN 13	9780297608530
ISBN 10	0297608533
Title	The Ambassadors
Author	Robert Cooper
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2021-02-18
Number of pages	576
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