The Diplomacy of Ancient Greece: A Short Introduction (Invitations to Diplomacy) - Softcover

Berridge, G. R.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987005224

Verlag: DiploFoundation, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Employed against a warlike background, the diplomatic methods of the ancient Greeks are thought by some to have been useless but by others to have been the most advanced seen prior to modern times. This book works to its own view by looking at the conditions that produced this diplomacy, the personnel it employed, the forms it took, and - in a concluding essay - its fitness for its various purposes. In passing, it draws attention to the usually overlooked private side of the diplomacy of the ancient Greeks, and the greater importance of the proxenos revealed by recent research. The book draws heavily on translations of some of the most important primary sources, notably Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, but is essentially a work of synthesis of existing scholarship. It is designed for the student of diplomacy and the general reader with no prior knowledge of the subject, and gives guidance for further reading.

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G. R. Berridge is Emeritus Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester and a Senior Fellow of DiploFoundation. He was an Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, to which he still contributes, and his most recent book is Outposts of Diplomacy: A History of the Embassy (2024). More at: https://grberridge.diplomacy.edu

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: DiploFoundation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798987005224
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Deutschland