Diplomatic Handbook

By Ralph G. Feltham and R.G. Feltham

Book Overview

Diplomatic Handbook aims to provide a concise but comprehensive source of relevant information for those who are embarking on an international and, particularly, a diplomatic career. It is also useful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004141421
• ISBN13: 9789004141421
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Concise and Useful

Diplomatic Handbook, 8th Edition by Ralph G. Feltham (Martinus Nijhoff: Brill Academic Publishers) The aim of this book is to provide a concise but comprehensive source of relevant information for those who are embarking on an international and, particularly, a diplomatic career. It is also useful for civil servants who are required to attend multilateral conferences on a wide range of subjects and for those interested in the meganisms of international relations. Coverage includes: * the establishment and conduct of diplomatic relations * the organisation and functions of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at a diplomatic mission * protocol and procedure * diplomatic privileges and immunities * consular officers and consular posts * the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and other international * organisations * key elements of international law * conference practice and procedure * information, misinformation, disinformation, and media presentation skills * glossary of diplomatic, consular and economic terms This new edition has been up-dated to take account of the major political, economic, social and technological changes which have taken place since the latest edition was published in 1998. Ralph Feltham has been both a diplomat and a consular officer, and was founder and Director of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme. He has taught at Diplomatic Academies worldwide over the past 30 years and is a founder member of the International Forum on Diplomatic Training