Tact and Intelligence

Foreword by James J. Sheehan

Editors' Note

PART ONE: The Historian's Craft

1. On the Nature of Diplomatic History: The Relevance of Some Old Books

2. On the Pleasure of Reading Diplomat Correspondence

3. The Historian and the Study of International Relations

PART TWO: The Balance of Power

4. The System of Alliances and the Balance of Power

5. Europe and the Balance of Power, 1871-1914

6. The Founding Fathers and the Balance of Power

7. The United States and the European Balance

8. Germany and the United States: Some Historic Parallels and Differences and their Reflection in Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy

PART THREE: Between the Wars

9. Prewar Diplomacy in Europe

10. Munich: The Price of Peace

11. Dangerous Liaisons

PART FOUR: The Second World War and Beyond

12. Roosevelt and Hitler: The Problem of Perception

13. Diplomats and Diplomacy During the Second World War

14. Churchill and Germany

15. The Good Soldier

16. Looking for Order

REFERENCE MATTER

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Index