Diplomacy (Record no. 607803)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | US-DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251105101114.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780671510992 |
| Terms of availability | paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | au |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | au |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | Alfaisal Main Library |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | JZ1662 |
| Item number | .K57 1995 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Diplomacy |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Henry Kissinger |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon & Schuster, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1994 |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 1994 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 912 pages |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier Type Term | volume |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this controversial and monumental book - arguably his most important - Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomacy is. Moving from a sweeping overview of his own interpretation of history to personal accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Kissinger describes the ways in which the art of diplomacy and the balance of power have created the world we live in, and shows how Americans, protected by the size and isolation of their country, as well as by their own idealism and mistrust of the Old World, have sought to conduct a unique kind of foreign policy based on the way they wanted the world to be, as opposed to the way it really is. Spanning more than three centuries of history, from Cardinal Richelieu, the father of the modern state system, to the "New World Order" in which we live, Kissinger demonstrates how modern diplomacy emerged from the trials and experiences of the balance of power of warfare and peacemaking, and why America, sometimes to its peril, refused to learn its lessons. His intimate portraits of world leaders, including de Gaulle, Nixon, Chou En-lai, Mao Tse-tung, Reagan, and Gorbachev, based on personal experience and knowledge, provide the reader with a rare window on diplomacy at the summit, together with a wealth of detailed and original observations on the secret negotiations, great events, and the art of statesmanship that have shaped our lives in the decades before, during and since Henry Kissinger was himself at the center of things. Analyzing the differences in the national styles of diplomacy, Kissinger shows how various societies produce special ways of conducting foreign policy, and how Americans, from the very beginning, sought a distinctive foreign policy based on idealism. He illustrates his points with his own insights and with examples from his own experience, as well as with candid accounts of his breakthrough diplomatic initiatives as Nixon's foreign policy partner. Informed by deep historical knowledge, wit, a gift for irony, and a unique understanding of the forces that bind and sunder nations, Kissinger's Diplomacy is must reading for anyone who cares about America's position in the world. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Print books. |
| Source of term | local |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Alfaisal University | Alfaisal University | On Shelf | 2025-11-05 | JZ1662 .K57 1995 | AU00000000020674 | 2025-11-05 | 215.00 | 2025-11-05 | BOOKS |