"Liebmann, who is a prominent constitutional lawyer and a personal acquaintance of Negroponte, has given a detailed and scholarly account of this remarkable career. His book will be valued by all serious students of American foreign policy." - Will Robinson, Times Literary Supplement "A true masterpiece, a book far above the standards and the contents of the great majority of the dozens of, often ephemeral, works published each year about the theme and themes of American foreign policy. It is a most detailed and finely written tome about the career and the character of an American whose name is known or remembered, alas, by few who ought to. But there is more to it. George Liebmann has written excellent biographies of men and diplomats who had incarnated the standards of what might be called - necessarily imprecisely, but essentially truly - of 'the old diplomacy'. This study of Negroponte is a prime example of Liebmann's historical philosophy as well as his architectural examination of his protagonist's public career." - John Lukacs, American Historian, author of The Future of History "So much more than a biography, this fascinating new book by George Liebmann is a major contribution to diplomatic history.

Through the lens of John Negroponte's remarkable career, the reader gains arresting insights into the events and personalities that shaped US foreign policy in the Cold War and post-Cold War periods." - Mary Ann Glendon, Professor of Law, Harvard University 'Three groups definitely should read this book: 1) those who lived through the Cold War and are now almost through the War on Terror and want to relive the times of their lives; 2) those who want to know exactly how diplomacy fits into and interdependent world of instant communication; and 3) every new member of the U.S. Foreign Service, U.S. A.I.D.

, the Intelligence Agencies, and the officer corps of our armed services.' - Robert Earle, American Diplomacy 'Complicated foreign intrigues are difficult to manage in democracies, even by the brightest Western experts. We now finally know from a meticulous new book on foreign policy by CBO contributor George W. Liebmann that even Kissinger learned the hard way in Vietnam. The Last American Diplomat is a biography of State Department career diplomat John Negroponte who served under Kissinger on the National Security Council and saw it all.' - Donald Devine, The American Conservative Union.