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Talking to Strangers
Monteagle Stearns
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Description for Talking to Strangers
Paperback. Addresses the problems that arise not only from a politicized foreign policy process but also from excessive bureaucratization and lack of leadership in the Foreign Service itself. Series: 20th-Century Fund Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
In this discerning book, Monteagle Stearns, a former career diplomat and ambassador, argues that U.S. foreign policymakers do not need a new doctrine, as some commentators have suggested, but rather a new attitude toward international affairs and, most especially, new ways of learning from the Foreign Service. True, the word strangers in his title refers to foreigners. However, it also refers to American foreign policymakers and American diplomats, whose failure to "speak each other's language" deprives American foreign policy of realism and coherence. In a world where regions have become more important than blocs, and ethnic and transnational problems more ... Read more
In this discerning book, Monteagle Stearns, a former career diplomat and ambassador, argues that U.S. foreign policymakers do not need a new doctrine, as some commentators have suggested, but rather a new attitude toward international affairs and, most especially, new ways of learning from the Foreign Service. True, the word strangers in his title refers to foreigners. However, it also refers to American foreign policymakers and American diplomats, whose failure to "speak each other's language" deprives American foreign policy of realism and coherence. In a world where regions have become more important than blocs, and ethnic and transnational problems more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
20th-Century Fund Books
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691007458
SKU
V9780691007458
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About Monteagle Stearns
Monteagle Stearns has served as a U.S. diplomat for over thirty years, including three years as ambassador to the Ivory Coast and four years as ambassador to Greece. He is now retired. Stearns has also held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, at the Council on Foreign Relations, and at Harvard University. He is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Talking to Strangers
"An engaging and delightfully written plea for restoring the role of the professional diplomat in American foreign policy."
Foreign Affairs "[P]rovides an insider's account of the 'practice' of diplomacy
the point where policies from Washington are implemented locally... This is not a long book, but between its covers the author imparts a great deal of wisdom."
Library Journal "Mr. Stearns has given us ... Read more
Foreign Affairs "[P]rovides an insider's account of the 'practice' of diplomacy
the point where policies from Washington are implemented locally... This is not a long book, but between its covers the author imparts a great deal of wisdom."
Library Journal "Mr. Stearns has given us ... Read more