Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World by Fredrik Stanton Paperback Book

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Author: Fredrik Stanton

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Publisher: Westholme Publishing

Published: Dec 1969

Genre: Political Science - International Relations - Diplomacy

Retail Price: $24.00

Pages: 304

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Lessons in Diplomacy from Colonial America to the Cold War
"Stanton has done a masterful job. He has added importantly to our understanding of the art of treaty making on which our very existence on this planet may soon depend, as shown in his detailed and terrifying account of the Cuban missile crisis and the tragic mistakes of the Versailles treaty." --LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS
"Stanton brings back to life both famous and some long forgotten personalities in the history of major American, European, and Asian negotiations. He persuasively makes his case for the importance of negotiators and negotiations both when wars can be kept from beginning and when wars end. He weaves in deft descriptions of the personal strengths and foibles of negotiators and homes in on the ability of the best to improvise when maneuvering on unfamiliar terrain."--AMBASSADOR RICHARD W. MURPHY, Council on Foreign Relations
Words as much as weapons have shaped the course of history. Whether to avert, resolve, assist, or secure the outcome of a conflict, diplomacy in the modern age has had great triumphs and bitter failures, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, which narrowly spared humanity from a nuclear Armageddon, and the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, which created problems that still confront us today. Drawing on primary sources, transcripts, and interviews, Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World tells the stories of eight key episodes in modern diplomacy. From Benjamin Franklin securing crucial French support for the American revolution to Reagan and Gorbachev laying the groundwork to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons, Fredrik Stanton explains what each party brought to the negotiating table, the stakes, the obstacles to success, and how they were overcome.

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