Master Negotiator

<p>As secretary of state James A. Baker III played a critical role on the world stage in the final years of the Cold War as the Soviet Union unraveled.</p><p>His political sense and the ability to test Soviet leaders negotiate insoluble problems in the Middle East charm friends and achieve the placement of a unified Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were unmatched.</p><p>Diana Villiers Negroponte an author lawyer and professor highlights how Baker mobilized a coalition of international military forces including the Soviets to repel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.</p><p>Baker seduced Israeli and West Bank Palestinians to meet face to face and begin the Oslo peace process and ended two civil wars in Central America. While he was initially hesitant about the Nunn Lugar bill to safeguard Soviet nuclear weapons he became a driving force to transport nuclear material to secure sites in Russia. </p><p>The author also highlights Baker's failures such as the inability to hold Yugoslavia together or to provide sufficient funds to stop the collapse of the Soviet economy.</p><p>With a foreword written by former President George H.W. Bush this book reveals Baker's skills as a statesman-and explores how he changed the world.</p>