Not Quite the Diplomat [Import] [Hardcover]

Chris Patten (Author)

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Publication Date: September 26, 2005

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Allen Lane (September 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713998555
• ISBN-13: 978-0713998559
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,871,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Crash course on recent global politics, April 5, 2007

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This review is from: Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths about World Affairs (Paperback)

The only book I have read from Chris Patten was "East and West".

In general, not being accustomed to European politics, I find that section a little confusing. It took a few readings to get what he meant. Portions on North American and Asian politics are reasonably straight forward. He is very critical of the recent trend of American politics towards unilaterism, but he offered nothing groundbreaking on this front.

He was also very liberal with his idioms, sometimes I found it a little difficult to understand without knowing the context. Maybe I am out of practice with these handy expressions (been living in Canada for too long ... to say the least, idioms are no longer "in vogue" over there).

Judging from these two books, I have a feeling, that he is the kind of guy who will tremple on everything that is out of his believe system(*). Some of his ideas I don't agree with (like calling Hung and Halliday's book on Mao an excellent source of information), I got a sense that he was dragging the issues through.

Nevertheless, besides the usual Bush-Bashing (and there are lots of it), reading this book is very rewarding. His experience in global politics is enough to make this book a crash course this subject.

(*) P.S. - I checked Wikipedia on Chris Patten, and he is Taurus. I stand corrected.