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Library Journal Review

Botched honorifics are the stuff of diplomatic nightmares. In this second, expanded edition of a work first published in 2008, Hickey, deputy director of the Protocol School of Washington, sets forth clear guidelines on the best forms of addressing and introducing government officials from around the world, members of the armed services, and more. New niceties included in this edition are illustrations on the proper positioning of name-place cards and badges. The bibliography offers avenues for more etiquette edification. VERDICT A comprehensive ready reference covering the proper protocols on forms of address. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Hickey's new edition of Honor and Respect expands and updates the 2013 second edition by adding information and examples and, perhaps most significantly, revising formulas for titles and terms of address to allow for gender-neutral forms when possible. The book includes a glossary of terms, explanations of titles and honorifics, and guidance for the use of terms, titles, and forms of address in introductions, place cards, correspondence, and other situations. Although written primarily for US-based individuals, the book offers guidance regarding titles and terms of address for Canadian, Australian, and British officials, nobility, and royalty. A chapter on forms of address for various international officials and diplomats and a chapter on country names and officials round out the coverage. Informed by Hickey's decades of work at the Protocol School of Washington, the volume is chock-full of seemingly esoteric details that could nonetheless prove essential for certain business, government, or other formal occasions. Comprehensive, thoughtfully organized for easy reference, and indexed to aid the user, this reference book will be particularly relevant for programs in international relations, government, public relations, and similar subjects. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers --Melissa Anderson, Southern Oregon University

Booklist Review

This revised work informs the user about the correct form of address in both conversation and written communication. The volume is usefully arranged in three sections: Terms, Style & Usage, Forms of Address, and Country Names & Officials. It is a delightful work to browse, as users will come across these nuggets: how to address a Zoroastrian without a doctorate or how to address the wife of a son of a baron; there is also a list of U.S. diplomats not addressed as The Honorable (minister-counselor, attache, first secretary, counselor). And the Conversation Tips section doesn't overestimate the diplomatic skill of some readers, warning them not to say, Your name sounds so foreign. Where are you from? An authoritative work for larger public and academic libraries.--Altschiller, Donald Copyright 2014 Booklist