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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hannah Gurman (NYU, Gallatin School of Individualized Study)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780231158725ISBN 10: 0231158726 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 24 January 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Pen as Sword: George Kennan and the Politics of Authorship in the Early Cold War 2. Learn to Write Well The China Hands and the Communist-ification of Diplomatic Reporting 3. Revising the Vietnam Balance Sheet: The Rhetorical Logic of Escalation Versus George Ball's Writerly Logic of Diplomacy 4. The Other Plumbers Unit: The Dissent Channel of the U.S. State Department Conclusion. The Life After: From Internal Dissenter to Public Prophet Notes Bibliography IndexReviews<p>Gurman's approach and evidence are fresh and original. She brings disparate but connected stories together to show how diplomats used the primary tool given them: language.--Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, author of Broken Promises, A Novel of the Civil War The Dissent Papers is an outstanding account of dissent in the State Department since the Second World War. I know of no work that treats the issue in the synoptic manner provided in this account. The later chapters, in particular, present new material in a subtle and provocative way. It is fresh, unique, and stimulating. -- Frank Ninkovich, St. John's University Gurman's approach and evidence are fresh and original. She brings disparate but connected stories together to show how diplomats used the primary tool given them: language. -- Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, author of Broken Promises, A Novel of the Civil War The Dissent Papers is an outstanding account of dissent in the State Department since the Second World War. I know of no other work that treats the issue in this synoptic manner. The volume's later chapters present new material in a particularly subtle and provocative way. The book is fresh, unique, and stimulating. -- Frank Ninkovich, St. John's University, author of Global Dawn: The Cultural Foundation of American Imperialism, 1865--1890 Hannah Gurman's approach and evidence are fresh and original. She brings disparate yet connected stories together to show how diplomats used the primary tool given to them: language. -- Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, San Diego State University, author of Broken Promises: A Novel of the Civil War ...well-researched and spared of academic jargon... -- John H. Brown American Diplomacy May 2012 Author InformationHannah Gurman is a clinical assistant professor at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she teaches history, literature, and culture of the United States in the world. Her writing has appeared in Salon and Foreign Policy in Focus, as well as The Journal of Contemporary History, Diplomatic History, and Small Wars Journal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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