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A captivating history of diplomacy-and an urgent reminder of why we need to revive its lost arts to survive in a dangerous era of great power competitionFrom the beginning of time human societies have found themselves confronted by enemies too numerous or ferocious to defeat solely by force of arms. In these dramatic moments wise leaders have turned to diplomacy to rearrange the gameboard in their favor and stymie seemingly unstoppable foes. In Great Power Diplomacy American historian and diplomat A. Wess Mitchell recounts the forgotten story of how history's most legendary empires have used diplomacy as a tool of grand strategy to outwit outmaneuver and outlast militarily superior opponents. Through fifteen centuries of history Great Power Diplomacy recreates the perilous junctures colorful personalities and intricate statecraft that led to some of history's most stunning diplomatic achievements-and greatest disasters. The protagonists include giants like Richelieu Metternich Bismarck and Kissinger but also a lesser-known cast of scoundrels eunuchs drunkards and fools. At every turn fortune favored those great powers with the foresight and dexterity to build winning alliances splinter enemy coalitions and when necessary make peace with their bitterest foes. Diplomacy of this kind has become a lost art in recent years as Western elites embraced the illusion that globalization and the spread of democracy would create a borderless world where nations would live in harmony and war would be abolished from the human story. But as Great Power Diplomacy reveals we will need to rediscover the secrets of skillful statecraft as the world enters an unstable new era in which continent-sized great powers compete for territory resources and prestige. By recalling diplomacy's rich past we can equip ourselves for a more dangerous future.

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