Diplomatic Bag by John Ure
The liveliest, most accurate picture of diplomatic life is naturally one painted by diplomats themselves, especially when writing of activity behind the scenes, or speaking candidly - even off the record. That is exactly what Sir John Ure, himself a distinguished diplomat, has provided here. Diplomatic Bag contains a varied collection of incidents, reflections and asides, drawn from the widest possible range of time and place. Some deal with the public face of diplomacy, others with the secret, even the embarrassing. Sir John quotes dispatches, memoirs, letters, interviews and anecdotes from the age of Ivan the Terrible to that of Saddam Hussein. The reader is presented with Metternich outflanking Napoleon, Conolly and Stoddart in their dungeon in Bokhara, Geoffrey Jackson being kidnapped in Uruguay, Lord Curzon dressing up in hired medals to impress an Emir, Dr Kissinger involved in ping-pong diplomacy with Chou En-lai, and Khruschev in footwear diplomacy with the UN. Coups and disasters are covered, as are - among much else - danger, spying, relations with the Foreign Office, pomp and circumstance, diplomatic wives (and husbands), and the occasionally absurd gaffes of protocol. Sir John seasons his material with his own experience, which has often found him in the right place at the right time.
John Ure is Associate Professor and Director of the Telecommunications Research Project (TRP) which he founded in 1993 at the University of Hong Kong. He now lives and works in Singapore as director of the TRPC, the consulting and services arm of TRP. He holds bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in economics from Hull University, Birkbeck College, University of London and the Polytechnic of East London/CNAA. He has published and consulted extensively in areas of telecoms economics, policy and regulatory issues. His advocacy of a 3G royalty-based auction became Hong Kong policy in 2001. His consultancy work includes major country studies, thematic studies (such as universal service, interconnection and spectrum management), and feasibility studies for international bodies (for example, the World Bank, the ITU, various UN agencies, the European Commission, and regulators and consumer groups in the Asia Pacific, central and north Asia, and north Africa), as well as for the private sector. The authors of Part One are all internationally known academics and leading professionals in their field. Part Two is written by the Telecommunications Research Project team of the University of Hong Kong.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719548260 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719548268 |
| Titel | Diplomatic Bag |
| Autor | John Ure |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1994-05-19 |
| Seitenanzahl | 272 |
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