Both Uses of
diplomacy
in
Lonesome Dove
- Call had taken the precaution of going with Old Hugh to two or three of the nearest Indian camps to meet the chiefs and do the usual diplomacy, in the hope of preventing the sort of surprise encounter that had proven deadly for Gus.†
Chpt 99-100diplomacy = skillful management of relations
- It was a depressing irony, for Gus had always been one to preach diplomacy with the red man and over the years had engaged in many councils that Call himself thought pointless.†
Chpt 99-100 *
Definition:
the practice or skill of managing international relations or skillful management of relations in general