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 |
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Subject |
Kiesling, John Brady, 1957-
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Kiesling, John Brady, 1957-
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Kiesling, John Brady, 1957- fast |
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Political aspects
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Diplomacy -- Philosophy
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Realism -- Political aspects -- United States
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Great powers.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
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Political realism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomacy -- Philosophy
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Diplomatic relations
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Diplomats
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Great powers
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Public opinion
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Realism -- Political aspects
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Außenpolitik
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Öffentliche Meinung
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001000115
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United States -- Foreign public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140053
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United States
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USA
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Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2005034119 |
ISBN |
9781612343396 |
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1612343392 |
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1336096993 |
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9781336096998 |
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