MEMOIR LITERATURE OF DIPLOMATS

Lopičić Đorđe N. (Prof. dr Đorđe Lopičić, diplomata u penziji, Beograd), djordje.lopicic@vektor.net

The interest in diplomacy, as well as memoirs of diplomats, has always existed at both scientists and the widest readership. This paper provides an overview of memoir literature of the Kingdom of Serbia from the XIX century until 1918, then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1945 and the new Yugoslavia from 1945 to 2000 and as well as the Republic of Serbia until 2014. Thus, in one place one can learn about the authors and their works, primarily books and monographs with the contents of diplomacy. So far, there has been no such review and record of above-mentioned works. These memoir works of diplomats, although often considered biased and in the most cases not the source of the law, are very significant and important not only for international relations, foreign policy, diplomatic history, but also for national history. In particular, they give many detailed descriptions of various events in which they participated or witnessed as well as various historical figures with whom they collaborated. When all these memoir works that are first class material for the further study of diplomacy, international relations and foreign policy substantiate with relevant documents and other relevant evidence, then we have first-rate historical sources.

Keywords: Diplomacy, memoir literature, foreign policy, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, new Yugoslavia