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“Only fools learn from their mistakes: I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others,” Bismarck is reputed to have said. This course looks at mistakes made by intelligent politicians and statesmen in the midst of war and revolutions. It takes a broad view of diplomacy as statecraft, and not merely the technique of representation and negotiation, and it explores why and how competent diplomats can get it badly wrong. <a href="http://www.sais-jhu.edu/courses/strategic_studies.html#SS660730" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>