InA History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black investigates how a form of courtly negotiation and information-gathering in the early modern period developed through increasing globalization into a world-shaping force in twenty-first-century politics. The monarchic systems of the sixteenth century gave way to the colonial development of European nations—which in turn were shaken by the revolutions of the eighteenth century—the rise and progression of multiple global interests led to the establishment of the modern-day international embassy system. In this detailed and engaging study of the ever-changing role of international relations, the aims, achievements, and failures of foreign diplomacy are presented along with their complete historical and cultural background.
Jeremy Blackis professor of history at the University of Exeter. He is the author of more than eighty books, includingMaps and Politics,Why Wars Happen,War since 1945,Britain since the Seventies, andAltered States: America since the Sixties, all published by Reaktion Books.
Preface
Introduction
One 1450–1600
Two 1600–1690
Three 1690–1775
Four 1775–1815
Five 1815–1900
Six 1900–1970
Seven 1970 to the Present
Conclusions: The Future
Postscript
References
Selected Further Reading
Index
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