Canadian Journal of History - reviewed by Keith Neilson - Royal Military college of Canada
In short, this is a valuable book. The editors are to be congratulated, both for their own efforts and for assembling a strong cast of contributors. Let us hope that the volume stimulates further work on the impact of personality on policy.
FC Journal - Diplomacy and Statecraft - reveiwed by P.M.H.Bell University of Liverpool
The editors have conceived an enterprising and worthwhile project, and carried it through to a successful conclusion, in thee shape of a new and forceful contribution to a long-running debate.
This is an excellent collection of essays which, as Roy Jenkins points out in his preface, rarely fail to provide both little-known information and beams of illumination. - Michael Dockrill, Contemporary Security Policy