Like all professions, diplomacy has spawned its own specialized terminology, and it is this lexicon which provides A Dictionary of Diplomacy 's thematic spine. However, the dictionary also includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations and major figures who have occupied the diplomatic scene or have written influentially about it over the last half millennium. All students of diplomacy and related subjects and especially junior members of the many diplomatic services of the world will find this book indispensable.

G. R. BERRIDGE is Emeritus Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. His previous works include Talking to the Enemy (1994) and Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (2002). He was until the end of 2002 the General Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Diplomacy Series.

ALAN JAMES is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Keele University, UK. His previous works include Sovereign Statehood (1986) and Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64 (2002).