In one read­able vol­ume, diplo­mat and nego­tia­tor Stu­art E. Eizen­stat cov­ers every major con­tem­po­rary inter­na­tion­al agree­ment, from the treaty to end the Viet­nam War to the Kyoto Pro­to­cols and the Iran­ian Nuclear Accord. Writ­ten from the per­spec­tive that only a par­tic­i­pant in top-lev­el nego­ti­a­tions can bring, Eizen­stat recounts the events that led up to the nego­ti­a­tion, the dra­ma that took place around the table, and draws lessons from suc­cess­ful and unsuc­cess­ful strate­gies and tac­tics. Based on inter­views with over 60 key fig­ures in Amer­i­can diplo­ma­cy, includ­ing for­mer pres­i­dents and sec­re­taries of state, and major polit­i­cal fig­ures abroad.