This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of diplomacy and its vital role in an era of increasing international uncertainty.The work employs a distinctive "diplomatic perspective" on international relations and argues that the experience of conducting diplomacy gives rise to a set of priorities: first, the peaceful resolution of disputes; second, the avoidance of unwanted conflict; and, third, the minimization of the intensity of violent conflict where it has be...

This exciting new textbook provides an accessible and lively introduction to international relations for students encountering the subject for the first time.Presenting complex ideas, concepts and arguments in a straightforward and conversational way, the textbook explains international relations from a diplomatic perspective, emphasizing co-existence in the absence of agreement, and developing students’ ability to make sense of the current conditions of international uncertainty.

Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations theories to make sense of what diplomacy and diplomats do, this book explores what diplomacy and diplomats can contribute to the big theoretical and practical debates in international relations today. Sharp ide...

Too often we let the little moments slip by and miss out on the deep importance of sharing meaningful notes with those close to us. Little Notes, Big Heart was inspired as a result of losing loved ones in our lives.Every day without them is a loving reminder that we should never pass up an opportunity to share love and kindness with others. Giving meaningful notes to others fills their heart with happiness while growing our own sense of joy.Let Little Notes, Big Heart make ...

How and why does Denmark have one of the richest, most equal, and happiest societies in the world today? Historians have often pointed to developments from the late nineteenth century, when small peasant farmers worked together through agricultural cooperatives, whose exports of butter and bacon rapidly gained a strong foothold on the British market.This book presents a radical retelling of this story, placing (largely German-speaking) landed elites—rather than the Danish peasantry...

Cowed into appeasement by the threat to destroy their home planets with antimatter warheads, the Federated Worlds are a spent force. Only a ragtag rebel army stands between the Hammer of Kraa and total victory. The consequences of that triumph are too terrible to contemplate. Thousands of worlds will be subjugated, millions murdered, and billions enslaved by an empire spanning hundreds of light years, an empire fuelled by blood, an empire built on the bones of its enemies.The rebels...

If he survives, hell just may freeze over.The savage Hammer Worlds are not only near invincible but almost certain to win their war to crush the Federated Worlds and control humanspace–unless the Feds can find and destroy their secret antimatter warhead facility.Only dreadnoughts, the lone Federated ships able to withstand antimatter missile attacks, can do the job, and only Lieutenant Michael Helfort has the skill to lead them. But skill may not be enough, because Helfort ...

Some call it revenge; she calls it justice . . .Samira Anders is young and out of control; drugs, alcohol, and a prison sentence are just the start.But when Samira's mercenary father is murdered, she has to change, and change she does, starting her new life with two promises: to take over from her father as command pilot of the family's antiquated assault lander and to track down his killers.Samira discovers that promises are easy to make and hard to keep. Worse, they ...

A death machine . . .Thousands of light-years from humanspace, an ancient culture has created the Shield, a malignant, mindless machine with one task: to annihilate every sentient being it encounters.The Shield has already slaughtered billions.And now it is the turn of humanity to die.

Ladaki-6 is a terrible place, a planet controlled by the Assembly of the All-Knowing One, a fundamentalist cult with a fondness for hangings, a severe shortage of cash, and an unshakeable belief that faith, not science, will keep its devotees safe.Kal Kariuki never planned to go anywhere near it, but Ladaki-6 is one of the few places in humanspace willing to employ an out-of-work marine with an addiction problem and no money.Only to find that the Fates have other plans for he...

He thought Hell was the worst they could throw at him.He was wrong.Back from tangling with the Hammer of Kraa, the most brutal, trigger-happy tyrants in humanspace, Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort is assigned to the Federated Worlds heavy cruiser Ishaq, which is struggling to rise to the threat posed by a newly resurgent Hammer. Aboard the floundering ship, Helfort is coming to grips with a painful injury and the unpleasant truth that nobody likes a young hero–least of all...

This revised and extended edition of the leading textbook on European economic history has been updated to take account of contemporary economic developments and the latest research and debates. A concise and accessible introduction that covers the full sweep of the European history, the book focuses on the interplay between the development of institutions and the generation and diffusion of knowledge-based technologies. With simple explanations of key economic principles, the book is an i...