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Seven Fateful Moments When Great Men Met to Change the World

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Seven Fateful Moments When Great Men Met to Change the World

Throughout time, leaders at the pinnacle of power - popes and kings, presidents and prime ministers, czars and generals - have subscribed to the belief that they can change the course of history, not by the force of arms, but through charm, skillful negotiation, honesty, deceit, and all the other arts of peaceful human exchange.

Award-winning author Charles L. Mee Jr. reproduces seven singular moments when heads of state have come together to decide the future of the world. He examines the uses of summitry, from the directness of Pope Leo's confrontation with Attila the Hun near Rome to Henry VIII and Francis I's meeting on the Field of the Cloth of Gold; from the surprise encounter between CortÃ©s and Moctezuma to the intricacies negotiated by Metternich and Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna; from the ironies of Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George's summit at the Paris Peace Conference to the unintended consequences of Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt's gathering at Yalta; and finally to Gorbachev's desperate appeal to the G7 nations in London to be included in their powerful club.

Mee peeks through the curtains of diplomacy to reveal the hidden agendas and the glorious personalities at work. Taken together, these seven fateful moments are bracing and humbling reminders of the enormous complexity and mystery of human affairs.

Country	USA
Author	Charles L. Mee Jr.
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781612309064
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	New Word City, Inc.
Manufacturer	New Word City, Inc.
NumberOfPages	244
PublicationDate	2015-09-15
Publisher	New Word City, Inc.
ReleaseDate	2015-09-15
Studio	New Word City, Inc.

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