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Diplomatic Dance: The New Embassy Life in America |
Author: Gail Scott
Published: 1999-05-06 |
List price: $27.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 If you want ot know about diplomatic LIFE this is for you
If you are loooking for a treatise about diplomacy, this book is not for you. If yu are looking for a book that gives you a good overview about the people and the embassies in Washington, give this one a read. It deals with the inner workings of every day embassy life and provides a little hisoty into the enbassies interviewed. In my mind a worthwhile read.
 Poor diplomacy
While this book does occasionally give an interesting glimpse at a diplomat's life, it is basically journalistic fluff. The profiles are superficial and often fawning, and broader political issues are largely ignored. It reads like a "Visit to Washington" column in a mediocre community newspaper. One gets the impression that the author wrote each section with the goal of being asked back to an embassy cocktail party. It was a disappointment given what I was expecting.
Disappointing
This is a missed opportunity. If the book had a competitor, there would be another view of Embassy Row available. Unfortunately, there's not. This journalist has difficulty distinguishing between the trivial (e.g. what videos ambassadors watch) and the important. It reads like a term paper in which the student had to write 15 pages with 5 pages of material. I suspect the journalist stretched the thin material she assembled from the limited access she received. At times, she invokes cultural stereotypes that are disturbing. At best, it's a "People Magazine" view of Embassy Row, focused on the glamour rather than the substance of diplomatic life.
 Fun but slightly repetitive...
Overall, The Diplomatic Dance provides interesting inside looks into the lives and embassies of many varied countries in Washington. Although it tried to present each embassy, ambassador, and wife as a unique situations, I feel like the same message of "they're people just like you and I" was being emphasized too much during the interviews.
 An international event you won't want to miss!!
In Diplomatic Dance, Gail Scott takes an insightful look at the way embassies work in Washington, DC. You will find yourself unable to put this book down. It is filled with many interesting anecdotes about the lives of the ambassadors and their families, and it provides a thoughtful analysis of the changing role of diplomatic life today.In this book, you will learn a great deal about what it means to be an ambassador in the United States. This book also gives you a fascinating look at the people who represent their countries in Washington. The author provides you with an insider's look at diplomatic life in America, while at the same time teaches us a great deal about the world outside of America. She does it with wonderful stories that you will not forget. Diplomatic Dance is where Washington and the world meet. For anyone who is interested in international politics, international business, diplomatic life in Washington, or simply wants to know more about the world, Diplomatic Dance is a must-read.
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