Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1974.

Biographical Note

Judge, diplomat.

Scope and Contents

Brief discussion of various international negotiators (Acheson, Cadogan, Bonnet, Urquhart, Hammarskjold, Pearson): qualities and skills for negotiation, advantage of fluency in foreign languages; Russian-United States negotiations; Palais Rose talks; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; United Nations Security Council; dealings with home government; tactics and strategy in negotiations; public reaction, press; third party initiatives; summit meetings involving Presidents Truman, Roosevelt, Nixon; impact of cultural variation on negotiations.

Subjects

• Barrett, Edward W., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Berman, Maureen R., 1948- interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
• Diplomats--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Oral histories.
• United Nations.
• United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.