Black Jeremy. A History of Diplomacy

Reaktion Books, 2010. — 312 p. — ISBN10: 1861896964 ISBN13: 9781861896964.In A 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.