For a Kinder, Gentler Society
Washington Diplomacy:
Profiles of People of World Influence
  • John Shaw
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Washington Diplomacy:. Profiles of People of World Influence
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'Shaw has engaged his subjects and drawn out some of their most creative and original thinking. This book will be on the shelves of those sitting at the controls and levers of foreign policy. . . These are important times, and with this book, John Shaw has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the people who shape the world around us.' ' Sen. Chuck Hagel

About the Author

John Shaw is a leading columnist for the Washington Diplomat, a metro Washington monthly that is a paper of reference on Embassy Row. He is also Congressional Correspondent and has covered budget, tax and trade policy questions for the global financial news wire Market News International. Mr. Shaw frequently appears on C-Span to discuss economic issues under debate in Congress.

He has written articles and book reviews for The Wall Street Journal - Europe, The Christian Science Monitor, SAIS Review (Johns Hopkins) and Northwestern University Law School's Journal of International Business.

About the Book
Sixty-six interviews from the Washington Diplomat give insights into the forces intersecting and reflecting in the world today. Five years ago, publisher Victor Shiblie and his leading writer John Shaw decided to launch a column profiling people...
Sixty-six interviews from the Washington Diplomat give insights into the forces intersecting and reflecting in the world today. Five years ago, publisher Victor Shiblie and his leading writer John Shaw decided to launch a column profiling people who are shaping world events. This book bring together most interesting personalities from the five years that column has run. Leaders, writers, politicians and thinkers explain what is happening in the world from the enlightened perspective. They give us insights into the forces intersecting and reflecting in the world today. Sen. Joseph Biden expresses his strong views on reforming the United Nations and slowing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Former National Security Council Director Zbigniew Brzezinski explains how international affairs have to be worked out in a chessboard strategy. Nelson Mandela describes the changes that have swept his country since the fall of apartheid and how he hopes its democracy will progress. British historian Niall Ferguson explains his controversial thesis that nothing in the past was inevitable.

Pages 292
Year: 2002
LC Classification: D412 .S46
Dewey code: 327.73/0092/2 21
BISAC: POL040000
BISAC: POL011010
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