Editing Diplomatic history (section)

===European diplomacy===
* Albrecht-Carrié, René. ''A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna'' (1958), 736pp; a basic introduction, [https://archive.org/details/diplomatichistor0000albr_b4c1 online free to borrow]
* Black, Jeremy. '' European International Relations, 1648-1815'' (2002) [https://www.amazon.com/European-International-Relations-1648-1815-ebook/dp/B00F3ZIYVE/  excerpt and text search]
* Hill, David Jayne. ''A history of diplomacy in the international development of Europe'' (3 vol. 1914) [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_fr&id=LtABAAAAYAAJ  online v 3, 1648-1775]; also [https://archive.org/details/ahistorydiploma00hillgoog online];  [https://archive.org/details/historyofdiploma02hill vol 2 online  1313-1648] 
* Langer, William.  ''European Alliances and Alignments 1870-1890'' (2nd ed. 1950); advanced coverage of Bismarckian system
* Langer, William L. '' The Diplomacy of Imperialism 1890-1902'' (2 vol, 1935); advanced analysis 
* Leira, Halvard. "Diplomacy: The world of states and beyond." in ''Routledge Handbook of Historical International Relations'' (Routledge, 2021). 302–310. [
* Mowat, R. B. ''A History of European Diplomacy 1815-1914'' (1922), basic introduction
* Mowat, R. B. ''History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789'' (1928) 324 pp [https://archive.org/details/historyofeuropea00mowa online free]
* Petrie, Charles. ''Earlier diplomatic history, 1492–1713'' (1949), covers all of Europe; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015027344731 online]
** Petrie, Charles. ''Diplomatic History, 1713–1933'' (1946), broad summary [https://archive.org/details/diplomatichistor0000petr online]
*  Roosen. William J. "The functioning of ambassadors under Louis XIV." ''French Historical Studies'' 6.3 (1970): 311–332. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/286062 online]
* {{cite book|author=Roosen, William James |title=The Age of Louis XIV: The Rise of Modern Diplomacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFAFKiR4HGIC&pg=PA152|year=1976|publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=9781412816670}}
* Schroeder, Paul. ''The Transformation of European Politics 1763–1848'' (1994) [https://www.questia.com/library/3696068/the-transformation-of-european-politics-1763-1848 online]; advanced diplomatic history 
* Schweizer, Karl W., and Matt Schuman. ''The Seven Years War'' (2010)
* Sowerby, Tracey A., and Jan Hennings, eds. ''Practices of diplomacy in the early modern world c. 1410-1800'' (Taylor & Francis, 2017) [https://books.google.com/books?id=WiUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 online].
* [[Zara Steiner|Steiner, Zara]]. ''The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Lights-that-Failed-International-1919-1933/dp/0199226865/  excerpt and text search]
* Steiner, Zara. ''The Triumph of the Dark: European International History 1933-1939'' (2011) [https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Dark-International-1933-1939-ebook/dp/B005X3SAKQ/ excerpt and text search]
* Taylor,  A. J. P. ''The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848–1918'' (1957) [https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Mastery-Europe-1848-1918-History/dp/0198812701/  excerpt and text search], advanced  coverage of all major powers