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Reading Eban on historical analogies: a discussion review

This paper assesses an argument against the use of historical analogy in international decision- making as proposed by a former Israeli Foreign Minister, Abba Eban. It points to a contradiction Eban commits in trying to ban historical analogy from the realms of diplomacy and international affairs altogether. Furthermore it demonstrates that Eban's argument itself suffers from a number of weaknesses of both conceptual and empirical kind. Lastly, the paper draws several consequences from the critique of Eban, and explains the sense in which they are of a particular relevance to our general attitude to the use of historical analogies.

Abba Eban ; diplomacy ; diplomatic language ; historical analogy

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