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"Beautifully written, thoroughly researched, and incredibly timely. Chavez reminds us that, in the final analysis, diplomacy is made by people engaging with other people, even at the presidential level. This important work demonstrates that the ability to form personal connections with other world leaders is an often overlooked but vital skill for modern American presidents."" - Mitchell Lerner, professor of history and director, East Asian Studies Center, Ohio State University ""In this historically rich and analytically sophisticated book, Tizoc Chavez explains the historical developments, institutional imperatives, and personal drives that led to the increasing importance (for good and for ill) of personal diplomacy by US presidents. The Diplomatic Presidency is rooted deeply in the scholarly literature and engagingly written; I recommend it highly."" - James P. Pfiffner, professor emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University ""A theoretically grounded and richly detailed analysis of presidential diplomacy in the twentieth century, this book is required reading for scholars of diplomatic history and American foreign policy. It presents a well-developed conceptual framework to explain why presidents engaged in personal diplomacy from World War II through the Cold War, and how to evaluate variations in presidential behavior. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of scholarly and archival sources will be instructive for advanced undergraduate and graduate study in history, American politics, and international relations."" - Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and professor of political science, Hofstra University"

Beautifully written, thoroughly researched, and incredibly timely. Chavez reminds us that, in the final analysis, diplomacy is made by people engaging with other people, even at the presidential level. This important work demonstrates that the ability to form personal connections with other world leaders is an often overlooked but vital skill for modern American presidents. - Mitchell Lerner, professor of history and director, East Asian Studies Center, Ohio State University In this historically rich and analytically sophisticated book, Tizoc Chavez explains the historical developments, institutional imperatives, and personal drives that led to the increasing importance (for good and for ill) of personal diplomacy by US presidents. The Diplomatic Presidency is rooted deeply in the scholarly literature and engagingly written; I recommend it highly. - James P. Pfiffner, professor emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University A theoretically grounded and richly detailed analysis of presidential diplomacy in the twentieth century, this book is required reading for scholars of diplomatic history and American foreign policy. It presents a well-developed conceptual framework to explain why presidents engaged in personal diplomacy from World War II through the Cold War, and how to evaluate variations in presidential behavior. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of scholarly and archival sources will be instructive for advanced undergraduate and graduate study in history, American politics, and international relations. - Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and professor of political science, Hofstra University

Beautifully written, thoroughly researched, and incredibly timely. Chavez reminds us that, in the final analysis, diplomacy is made by people engaging with other people, even at the presidential level. This important work demonstrates that the ability to form personal connections with other world leaders is an often overlooked but vital skill for modern American presidents.--Mitchell Lerner, professor of history and director, East Asian Studies Center, Ohio State University In this historically rich and analytically sophisticated book, Tizoc Chavez explains the historical developments, institutional imperatives, and personal drives that led to the increasing importance (for good and for ill) of personal diplomacy by US presidents. The Diplomatic Presidency is rooted deeply in the scholarly literature and engagingly written; I recommend it highly.--James P. Pfiffner, professor emeritus, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University A theoretically grounded and richly detailed analysis of presidential diplomacy in the twentieth century, this book is required reading for scholars of diplomatic history and American foreign policy. It presents a well-developed conceptual framework to explain why presidents engaged in personal diplomacy from World War II through the Cold War, and how to evaluate variations in presidential behavior. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of scholarly and archival sources will be instructive for advanced undergraduate and graduate study in history, American politics, and international relations.--Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and professor of political science, Hofstra University

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Tizoc Chavez is assistant professor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy.

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