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Lawyers And Diplomats: Some Personal Observations, William Jr. Bodde
Lawyers And Diplomats: Some Personal Observations, William Jr. Bodde
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The American Experience has prove wrong de Tocqueville's contention that lawyers and missionaries make poor diplomats. Our diplomatic history is rich in successful and prominent lawyer-diplomats, demonstrating that even such a perceptive and sensitive observer of the American scene as the French historian could be mistaken.