Middle powers and commercial diplomacy
Subtitle: British influence at the Kennedy Trade Round
By: Donna Lee.
Series: Studies in diplomacy
Publisher: MacMillan Press; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; United States -- Commercial policy.
Description: "This book marries the disciplines of international relations and diplomatic history to provide a major new study of the GATT system in the 1960s. Using recently declassified British and American government documents, the key role British diplomats played at the Kennedy round is identified. Through the close ties that characterize the Anglo-American relationship, the British influenced American policy and strategy in the negotiations.

The evidence of this study challenges realist theories of middle power influence in the international political economy by demonstrating the determining role of state-level factors such as diplomatic skill and policy expertise."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.