Title Diplomacy lessons : realism for an unloved superpower / John Brady Kiesling

Edition 1st ed Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : facsimiles Contents A diplomat's rebellion -- Understanding foreign nationalism -- The sources of U.S. legitimacy -- Some rules of the game -- Diplomatic character and the art of curiosity -- Bureaucratic fantasy and the duty of dissent -- The cost of U.S. unpopularity -- Public diplomacy and the limits of persuasiveness -- Diplomats and journalists -- Democratizing an oligarchic planet -- Counterterrorism lessons from Revolutionary Organization 17 November -- The domestic politics of nuclear weapons -- The diplomatic cost of clandestine intelligence -- Diplomatic skepticism and the lessons of Iraq -- A look toward the future -- Appendix A. My letter of resignation -- Appendix B. The State Department responds Summary "In February 2003, John Brady Kiesling publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq. He was certain the security, economic, and moral costs of this war would far outweigh any benefit to the American people. Events in the Middle East quickly seemed to prove him right." "Diplomacy Lessons is inspired by Kiesling's conviction that disasters like Iraq are foreseeable and preventable. America's power to shape the world in its own interests is constrained by hundreds of foreign nationalisms and by human nature. The policy decisions of America's foreign partners are driven by domestic politics, just as they are in the United States. Kiesling calls for foreign policy realism that recognizes the limits of U.S. power and considers what is possible and affordable in a world Americans share with more than six billion other people."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Kiesling, John Brady, 1957- SUBJECT Kiesling, John Brady, 1957- Kiesling, John Brady, 1957- fast Subject War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects Diplomacy -- Philosophy Realism -- Political aspects -- United States Great powers. Diplomats -- United States -- Biography Political realism. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomacy -- Philosophy Diplomatic relations Diplomats Great powers Public opinion Realism -- Political aspects Außenpolitik Öffentliche Meinung SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000115 United States -- Foreign public opinion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140053 Subject United States USA Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2005034119 ISBN 9781612343396 1612343392 1336096993 9781336096998

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