Conference Diplomacy A Case Study
The World Food Conference, Rome, 1974
Edwin Martin(Author)
University Press of America
Published on 1. October 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-0-8191-5054-7 (ISBN)
Description
A case study of the intricate mechanics of a 140-nation conference devoted to meeting an immediate global problem. Originally published by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.
Reviews / Votes
The conference...with only a few days to organize itself and produce in permanent, written form its collective judgment on a complex global problem, had to be meticulously prepared and ingeniously run....lucid, well-organized, readable memoir. It is anexceedingly estimable contribution to the political science literature on conference diplomacy. * Foreign Service Journal * The conference...with only a few days to organize itself and produce in permanent, written form its collective judgment on a complex global problem, had to be meticulously prepared and ingeniously run....lucid, well-organized, readable memoir. It is an exceedingly estimable contribution to the political science literature on conference diplomacy. * Foreign Service Journal *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8191-5054-7 (9780819150547)
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Person
Edwin M. Martin served in the U.S. Department of State from 1945 to 1974. Prior to his key role in the 1974 World Food Conference, he was chairman of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in Paris, assistant secretary of state for economic affairs and for Latin American affairs, and ambassador to Argentina.