Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the practice of managing international relations through negotiation, dialogue, and peaceful engagement between states and other political actors. It serves as a key instrument for advancing national interests, resolving conflicts, and building cooperation. Diplomacy encompasses activities such as negotiations, treaties, mediation, representation, and the maintenance of diplomatic relations.

Diplomacy
On China
The Prince
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
World Order
The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
The Naked Diplomat: Understanding Power and Politics in the Digital Age
Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the U.S. Foreign Service
Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World
Diplomacy: Theory and Practice
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir
Satow's Diplomatic Practice
Diplomacy by Henry KissingerAmerican Diplomacy by George F. KennanDiplomat of Uram by Richard R. MatthewsThe Ambassadors by Henry JamesWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Diplomacy in Book Titles
154 books — 46 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAn Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
American Studies
45 books — 4 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Education of an Idealist by Samantha PowerTough Love by Susan  RiceWith All Due Respect by Nikki R. HaleyMadam Secretary by Madeleine K. Albright
Women in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
55 books — 19 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumSaigon Warrior by Al McDonaldThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman
The Cold War (nonfiction)
383 books — 136 voters


Dale A. Jenkins
“ Nagumo was suddenly on his own. At this crucial time, the cost of his failure to learn the complicated factors that played into carrier operations suddenly exploded. Now, when every minute counted, it was too late to learn the complexities involved in loading different munitions on different types of planes on the hangar deck, too late to learn how the planes were organized and spotted on the flight decks, too late to learn the flight capabilities of his different types of planes, and far too la ...more ”
― Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

H.L. Mencken
“ Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices First Series

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