Summit Diplomacy

Summit Diplomacy

Diplomacy at the Highest Level

Diplomacy at the Highest Level provides the first comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of international summitry. The implications of the increased involvement of political leaders in international diplomacy is analyzed through case-studies of specific meetings and types of summit representing a broad historical, geographic and political spectrum. The volume also explains the development of high-level meetings from pre-modern times until the present day, the increase in summitry in the twentieth century and the advantages and disadvantages of summits for international politics and diplomacy.

Summit Diplomacy

Excerpt from Summit Diplomacy: Personal Diplomacy of the President of the United States The author wishes to thank his colleague, Horace V. Harri son, for reading the manuscript and for his helpful suggestions. He also desires to express his Sincere appreciation to the General Research Board of the University of Maryland for a grant which has made possible the publication Of this monograph, and to the Bureau of Governmental Research in the College of Business and Public Administration of the University of Maryland for includ ing the work in its series Of Studies in Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.