Print version: Rathbun, Brian C. Diplomacy’s value : creating security in 1920s Europe and the contemporary Middle East. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014 Cornell studies in security affairs ISBN 9780801479908
Includes bibliographical references and index
The value and values of diplomacy -- Creating value: a psychological theory of diplomacy -- Tabling the issue: two Franco-British failures of diplomacy -- Setting the table: German reassurance, British brokering and French understanding -- Getting to the table: the diplomatic perils of the exchange of notes -- Cards on the table: the negotiation of the treaty of mutual guarantee and the spirit of Locarno -- Turning the tables: reparations, early evacuation and the Hague conference -- Additional value: the rise and fall of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process -- Searching for Stresemann: the lessons of the 1920s for diplomacy and the Middle East peace process.