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Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower
John Brady Kiesling
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paperback. John Brady Kiesling, a twenty-year veteran of the foreign service, publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
John Brady Kiesling, a twenty-year veteran of the foreign service, publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration’s impending invasion of Iraq. He believed that the security, economic, and moral costs of this war, including the blackening of America’s image abroad, would far outweigh any benefit to the American people. In Diplomacy Lessons, Kiesling reminds readers that U.S. power does not rest on military might alone and that anger at America has real consequences for U.S. national interests.The security and prosperity of the American people depend on ... Read more
John Brady Kiesling, a twenty-year veteran of the foreign service, publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration’s impending invasion of Iraq. He believed that the security, economic, and moral costs of this war, including the blackening of America’s image abroad, would far outweigh any benefit to the American people. In Diplomacy Lessons, Kiesling reminds readers that U.S. power does not rest on military might alone and that anger at America has real consequences for U.S. national interests.The security and prosperity of the American people depend on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597971102
SKU
V9781597971102
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About John Brady Kiesling
John Brady Kiesling was a U.S. Foreign Service officer for twenty years. His 2003 resignation letter, first published by the New York Times, was widely praised as the manifesto of a more principled, better-informed U.S. foreign policy. He lives in Athens, Greece.
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