The next book in the 100 Greats series tells about the most famous and successful diplomats of all times. The reader will see a bright portrait gallery of professionals - from Pericles to President Roosevelt, from Sigismund Herberstein to Alexandra Kollontai, from Prince Gorchakov to Count Ciano (Mussolini's son-in-law). In addition, the author believes, statesmen, politicians, rulers often display much greater diplomatic talent than career diplomats, for example, Ivan III, Henry IV, Louis XI, Napoleon, Peter I, Frederick II, Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill... They kept in in their hands all the threads of international relations, war and peace, skillfully combined diplomatic and military methods in their policies.