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Pin It Now! Fredrik Stanton's Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World has done an fabulous job in giving a back-stage view of the interactions between the principal players of eight very important negotiations, namely:

* Franklin at the French Court in 1778:

* The Louisiana Purchase, 1803

* The Congress of Vienna 1814-1815

* The Portsmouth Treaty, 1905

* The Paris Peace Conference, 1919

* The Egyptian-Israeli Armistice Agreement, 1949

* The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

* The Reykjavik Summit, 1986

Stanton's introduction begins: "Words as much as weapons, shape history. Whether to avert, assist, or secure the resolution of a conflict, in the modern age, diplomacy has had great triumphs and bitter failures."

Great Negotiations is an extremely well researched and well written book. It contains letters, diaries, and transcripts. I was excited to read this book but I expected it to be a collection of dry facts, but to my surprise it's not. Each negotiation is full of details that continually build the suspense. This book would make a great gift for anyone who enjoys history!

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