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AbstractA distinction between diplomacy as independent variable, impacting upon other developments, and diplomacy as dependent variable, adapting to other causes, is employed to underpin focused case analysis of negotiation between states. To dramatize diplomacy as dependent variable, it is hypothesized that allies with convergent interests would find negotiations between themselves more difficult when domestic constraints such as political ideology and pressure group activity intrude. To highlight diplomacy as independent variable, it is hypothesized that adversaries with divergent interests employ diplomatic statecraft to reduce the chances of war in periods of confrontation. Using a relatively small case sample, this study confirms these hypotheses, but reveals similarities as well as differences between the case categories. It is argued that the focused case approach is a fruitful way to yield much-needed generalizations about diplomatic statecraft.

The reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929. The hall of mirrors : peacemaking in the West -- Distant frontiers : peacemaking in the East -- The missing party : The Soviet Union and the post-war settlements -- The primacy of economics : reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924 -- The primacy of nationalism : reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe -- Revolution from the right : Italy, 1919-1925 -- The Geneva dream : The League of Nations and post-war internationalism -- New dawn? : stabilization in Western Europe after Locarno -- Faltering reconstruction : cracks in the Locaro fac§ʹade -- Troubled waters : uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union -- Faltering internationalism : disarmament and security after Locarno -- Europe reconstructed? -- The hinge years, 1929-1933. The diplomacy of the Depression: the triumph of economic nationalism -- The Manchurian crisis : the european powers and the Far East -- The poisoned chalice : the pursuit of disarmament