Personal Politics in the Postwar World

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The personal politics of daily diplomacy
Diplomacy as a gendered institution
The micro study as method: background and materials
Conceptualizing trust as a bridge between personal and political
Setting the scene
Part I. The diplomatic couple
1. The persistent notion of the incorporated wife
2. In love and diplomacy
3. Carte blanche? Diplomatic secrecy and marital trust
4. The diplomatic couple as template
Concluding remarks on the diplomatic couple
II. The diplomatic home
5. Homemaking for diplomats
6. Domestic staff
7. The home as a diplomatic arena
Concluding remarks on the diplomatic home
Part III. Dinner diplomacy
8. Dinner diplomacy as an everyday practice
9. Diplomatic food
Concluding remarks on dinner diplomacy
Part IV. Diplomatic aptitude
10. Diplomatic appearances
11. Diplomatic discourse
Concluding remarks on diplomatic aptitude
Conclusion: Behind the scenes of building the postwar world
Everyday power structures in Western diplomacy
Political impact of personal relations
Diplomacy as a likeminded institution
Bibliography
Index

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• História do século 20 do pós-guerra, de c 1945 a c 2000
• História geral e do mundo
• Relações internacionais
• História social e cultural

History; Political History; Diplomatic History; Western Europe