Kissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time ... Its pages sparkle with insight.
- Simon Schama in the NEW YORKER

Budding diplomats and politicians should read it as avidly as their predecessors read Machiavelli.
- Douglas Hurd in the DAILY TELEGRAPH

If you want to pay someone a compliment, give them Henry Kissinger's DIPLOMACY ... It is certainly one of the best, and most enjoyable [books] on international relations past and present ...DIPLOMACY should be read for the sheer historical sweep, the characterisations, the story-telling, the ability to look at large parts of the world as a whole.
- Malcolm Rutherford in the FINANCIAL TIMES