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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Battle Hymn of the Diplomats Review

 

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Battle Hymn of the Diplomats

U.S. Department of State, Leading Through Civilian Power: 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (Washington, DC: Global Publishing Solutions, 2010).
ONE UNDERSTANDS that government reports make dull reading, but perhaps starting Leading Through Civilian Power, the State Department’s first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), with a geostrategic fairy tale was what the French like to call “a false good idea.” First comes the scene setting

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