Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to Kissinger

G.R. Berridge is the author of "Internaltional Politics: States, Power and Conflict Since 1945", "Talking to the Enemy: How States Without "Diplomatic Relations" Communicate" and " Diplomacy: Theory and Practice". Maurice Keens-Soper was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Leicester and is the author of "Europe and the World".

This book offers an introductory guide for students to four centuries of diplomatic thought. Since diplomacy as we know it was created during the Renaissance in Italy, a number of major figures have reflected on the place of diplomacy in foreign affairs and the problems associated with its pursuit.This book offers an introductory guide for students to four centuries of diplomatic thought. Since diplomacy as we know it was created during the Renaissance in Italy, a number of major figures have reflected on the place of diplomacy in foreign affairs and the problems associated with its pursuit. These include statesmen, international lawyers and historians, most of whom had experience as diplomats of the first or second rank. This book examines the thought of some of the most important of them, from Niccolò Machiavelli in the early sixteenth century to Henry Kissinger in the late twentieth century.