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Informationen zum Autor George W. Liebmann is a lawyer and historian specialising in American and international diplomatic history. His publications include Diplomacy Between the Wars: Five Diplomats and the Shaping of the Modern World (I.B.Tauris). 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. This account of Negroponte's life and career is based on personal and shared experience, as well as thorough research and interviews with Negroponte. Zusammenfassung 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. This account of Negroponte's life and career is based on personal and shared experience, as well as thorough research and interviews with Negroponte. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author’s Preface 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...
