This volume offers a unique perspective on a turbulent and dangerous age by focusing on the activities and accomplishments of its diplomats. Its twenty-three interconnected essays discuss the politics of ambassadors, foreign ministers...
Recognized by historians and politicians as a model for European unity, Switzerland is nonetheless a difficult country to understand as a whole. Whereas individual Swiss cities have strong identities in the international political...
The Diplomats, 1919鈥1939
Edited by
Gordon A. Craig and Felix GilbertThis classic account of interwar diplomacy examines the curious fate of the diplomat, 鈥渢he honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country,鈥 in the capitals of a darkening Europe. These men鈥攁mbassadors in the field and...Read MoreView Book