Not Quite The Diplomat
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Not Quite The Diplomat
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Author : Chris Patten
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-06-01
Not Quite The Diplomat written by Chris Patten and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-01 with Political Science categories.
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 candidly about many of the major players and what happened behind closed doors. In arguing about where we should be, he writes with the directness of a man freed at last from the bonds of diplomatic restraint. Will the British still be trying to work out who we are and what we want to be as the world moves on? How far can Europe expand - and is Europe all a terrible mistake or where our destiny lies? Does the old, fractured Western alliance still have the time and the will to shape the world before the rise of India and China? Chris Patten's answers to these questions are pungent and devastatingly well informed. 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.
Ever The Diplomat Confessions Of A Foreign Office Mandarin
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Author : Sherard Cowper-Coles
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-10-25
Ever The Diplomat Confessions Of A Foreign Office Mandarin written by Sherard Cowper-Coles and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world.
Not Always Diplomatic
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Author : Sue Boyd
language : en
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Release Date : 2020-04
Not Always Diplomatic written by Sue Boyd and has been published by University of Western Australia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04 with Women diplomats categories.
A pioneer for women in international diplomacy, Sue Boyd shares this account of her life in foreign service. 'An engaging account of life at the coalface by one of Australia's most active and effective diplomats - and real pathfinder in leading our diplomatic establishment out of its sexist dark age' -- Gareth Evans, Foreign Minister 1988-96 'A thoroughly engaging read. Sue's book took me for a walk down memory lane, remembering the tumultuous events of 2000 in Fiji and the fall out thereafter. Sue has a rare understanding of the Pacific Islands and its peoples. An enjoyable read. Part of it made me laugh out loud. From a gender perspective, it offers intuitions into the difficulties faced by women attempting to pierce the glass ceiling. Sue faced those difficulties with good humour and common sense, partly explaining why she has had such a successful career.' -- Imrana Jalal, The World Bank
What Diplomats Do
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Author : Brian Barder
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2014
What Diplomats Do written by Brian Barder and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Diplomacy categories.
This text describes all aspects of the life of a diplomat through various stages of a typical career. Though following a fictional diplomat, each chapter contains case studies based on the author's thirty years of experience as a diplomat, ambassador, and high commissioner tha...
Not Quite A Diplomat
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Author : Robin Renwick
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-26
Not Quite A Diplomat written by Robin Renwick and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Described as Mrs Thatcher's favourite diplomat, Robin Renwick was at the centre of events in the negotiations to end the Rhodesian War. As Ambassador in South Africa, he played a bridging role between the government and the ANC, having become a trusted personal friend of Nelson Mandela and of F. W. de Klerk. In the Foreign Office, he played an integral part in forging the agreement that returned two thirds of our contribution to the European budget back to Britain. In Washington, where he became a confidant of George Bush Sr, then of Bill Clinton, he was deemed an exceptionally influential British Ambassador whose efforts were devoted to getting the US and its allies to take the actions needed to end the Bosnian War. Not Quite A Diplomat looks back over an illustrious career in the foreign service and paints vivid and revealing first-hand portraits of some of the giants of international politics over the past forty years, from Mandela and Mugabe to George Bush Sr, the Clintons and Margaret Thatcher. In this entertaining memoir, Renwick examines why diplomacy too often consists of ineffective posturing, and explores the likely effects of Brexit, Trump and, potentially, Jeremy Corbyn on Britain's standing in the world.
First Confession
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Author : Chris Patten
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-06-22
First Confession written by Chris Patten and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chris Patten was a cradle Catholic (hence First Confession), became on the most prominent Tory 'Wets' of the 1980s and 1990s, and went on to hold a series of prominent public offices - Chairman of the Conservative Party, the last Governor of Hong Kong, European Commissioner for External Affairs, Chancellor of Oxford University, Chairman of the BBC, advisor to the Pope - as he self-deprecatingly puts it 'a Grand Poo-bah, the Lord High Everything Else'. He writes with wry humour about his time in all these offices, taking us behind the scenes and showing us unexpected sides of many of the great figures of the day. No political writer is so purely enjoyable as Chris Patten.
East And West
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Author : Chris Patten
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 1998
East And West written by Chris Patten and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Author was in position of British Governor when Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Only Beautiful Please
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Author : John Vivian Everard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Only Beautiful Please written by John Vivian Everard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Korea (North) categories.
Coverage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) all too often focuses solely on nuclear proliferation, military parades, and the personality cult around its leaders. As the British ambassador to North Korea, John Everard had the rare experience of living there from 2006, when the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, to 2008, just before Kim Jong Il's stroke. While stationed in Pyongyang, Everard's travels around the DPRK provided him with numerous opportunities to meet and converse with North Koreans. Only Beautiful, Please goes beyond official North Korea to unveil the human dimension of life in that hermetic nation. Everard recounts his impressions of the country and its people, his interactions with them, and his observations on their way of life. He provides a picture as well of the life of foreigners in this closed society, considers how the DPRK evolved to its current state, and discusses the failure of current approaches to tackle the challenges that it throws up. The book is illustrated with striking and never-before-seen photographs taken by Everard during his stay in North Korea.
Empress Dowager Cixi
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Author : Jung Chang
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Empress Dowager Cixi written by Jung Chang and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with History categories.
Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the most important woman in Chinese history – brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state and it was she who abolished gruesome punishments like ‘death by a thousand cuts’ and put an end to foot-binding. Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot and also takes the reader into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing’s Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs – with one of whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences. Packed with drama, fast-paced and gripping, it is both a panoramic depiction of the birth of modern China and an intimate portrait of a woman: as the concubine to a monarch, as the absolute ruler of a third of the world’s population, and as a unique stateswoman. ‘Powerful’ Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘Truly authoritative’ New York Times ‘Wonderful’ Sunday Times **Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography Prize**
Searching For A Cultural Diplomacy
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Author : Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Searching For A Cultural Diplomacy written by Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Political Science categories.
Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation’s effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term “cultural diplomacy” has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or “western” countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.