Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World Book

There are eight chapters in the book. Each chapter is a different negotiation starting with Franklin at the French Court in 1718 and ending with The Reykjavik Summit in 1986. Each chapter stands along and is very well researched. I was familiar with all but one chapter. That one is The Portsmouth Treaty, 1905. This is a treaty Teddy Roosevelt negotiated between Russia and Japan. This is the first chapter I read.

Here is how Chapter 4 begins.

The Portsmouth Treaty, 1905.

"With the balance of power holding Russian ambition in check in Europe in the late nineteenth century, Russia turned its attention eastward."

An interesting start but to me the most interesting was Roosevelt's comments after the treaty was signed. Pick the book up and see what Teddy Roosevelt predicted would happen as a result of this treaty.