Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents Brummell Paul
Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents Brummell Paul Gifts have been part of international relations since ancient times. They can also go wrong: Mali's 2013 gift of a camel to French…
Specifikacia Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents Brummell Paul
Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents Brummell Paul
Gifts have been part of international relations since ancient times. They can also go wrong: Mali's 2013 gift of a camel to French President Francois Hollande was reported to have ended up in a tagine.Exploring fifty diplomatic gifts given through the ages, Brummell explains the great complexity of this political art--an exercise in brand-building for the giver, via an item that must suit the recipient's own interests and character. They can serve as tokens of friendship, apology or authority; as taunts, bribes, boasts or tricks.
In some cases, recipients have made no secret of the gift they would want. Byzantine emperors sent fragments of the True Cross to fellow Christian rulers around Europe; Kings Louis XV and XVI of France used Sevres porcelain, while the Ottoman sultans favoured robes of honour. The Amarna Letters, dating to around 1350 BCE, record a communication from
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