Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite

by Carne Ross

Book Overview

Although diplomats negotiate more and more aspects of world affairs--from trade and security issues to health, human rights, and the environment--we have little idea of, and even less control over, what they are doing in our name. In Independent Diplomat, Carne Ross provides a compelling account of what's wrong with contemporary diplomacy and offers a bold new vision of how it might be put right.For more than fifteen years, Ross was a British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801445574
• ISBN13: 9780801445576
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Good Writing, Good Story

Hard to find a book that is thought provoking, insightful and entertaining. I have recommended this book to anyone interested in gaining a deep understanding of foreign policy.