The Last American Diplomat
John D Negroponte and the Changing Face of US Diplomacy
The Last American Diplomat
John D Negroponte and the Changing Face of US Diplomacy
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Can John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advise, guide and warn. Negroponte served as US ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Iraq; he was US Permanent Representative to the UN, Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State to George W. Bush. His was a high-flying and seemingly conventional career but one full of surprises. He opposed Kissinger in Vietnam, argued against direct military action against Marxists in Central America and warned that the Iraq War could be another 'Vietnam'. George W. Liebmann's incisive account of Negroponte's life and career is based on personal and shared experience, as well as thorough research and interviews with Negroponte and other leading actors.
It will provide fascinating reading for students and researchers interested in the inside-story of American diplomacy, revealing personal and policy struggles, and the underlying fissures present even in the world's last remaining superpower.
Table of Contents
1. Preparation for Diplomacy
2. Hong Kong , Trade, and a New China
3. Vietnam and Limited War
4. The Value of Reflection: Stanford Interlude
5. Kissinger and the Use and Non-Use of Force
6. Ecuador: Limiting the Environmental Commons
7. Thessaloniki : Consular Work and Outposts
8. Fisheries, Nationalism, and Conservation
9. Refugees and Asia: Generosity Revived
10. Proxy Wars and Central America
11. Treaties, Diseases and the Environment: A New International Politics
12. NSC and the Avoidance of Problems
13. NAFTA and the New Politics of Regional Trade
14. The Philippines: Recessional from Empire
15. Panama : Recessional, Act II
16. McGraw-Hill: Publishing for a World Market
17. The Security Council and World Order
18. Iraq: Time, Politics, and the Limits of Force
19. Intelligence: Analysis Replaces Adventurism
20. State Department and Capacity-Building
Conclusion: Hegemony Limited and Realism Revived
Product details
| Published | 27 Jan 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781848858695 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 17 bw integrated |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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