“As advances in technology usher in a new age of weaponry, future negotiators would benefit from reading Rose Gottemoeller’s memoir of the process leading to the most significant arms control agreement of recent decades.” —Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State
“Rose Gottemoeller’s book on the New START negotiations is the definitive book on this treaty or indeed, any of the nuclear treaties with the Soviet Union or Russia. These treaties played a key role in keeping the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union from breaking out into a civilization-ending war. But her story of the New START negotiation is no dry academic treatise. She tells with wit and charm the human story of the negotiators, as well as the critical issues involved. Rose’s book is an important and well-told story about the last nuclear treaty negotiated between the US and Russia.” —William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
“This book is important, but not just because it tells you about a very significant past, but also because it helps you understand the future.” — George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State
“The world has entered into a new era of increased nuclear risks. Rising great power tensions, compressed decision time for leaders and new technologies like cyber are increasing the chances of war by blunder. At this moment when the need to restore skillful and creative diplomacy to reduce nuclear perils is urgent, Rose Gottemoeller’s memoir is timely and instructive. As the chief U.S. negotiator of the New START Treaty, her insights–offered with humility, candor and humor–give readers a front row and personal view of what it takes to negotiate a complex nuclear agreement. Leading the U.S. negotiating team (first time by a woman), engaging the Russians, navigating Washington politics at the highest level and laying the foundation for ratification by the Senate are all crucial parts of the job. Rose has it exactly right about the critical importance for the Congress to be engaged and consulted by the Executive Branch in its “Advice” role long before Senate “Consent” is requested. Our leaders have no more important duty than to protect our nation from nuclear catastrophe. This memoir by one of our most skilled and respected diplomats provides both inspiration and valuable lessons for those who will follow in her shoes with this enormous responsibility.” —Sam Nunn, Chairman of the Board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
“Negotiating the New START Treaty provides a deeply informed, highly readable, and timely analysis of one of the most important nuclear treaties in recent history. Rose Gottemoeller, one of America’s foremost arms control experts, takes the reader behind closed doors in Europe and the United States. She dives into every stage of the painstaking consultations between the U.S. and Russian delegations in 2009 and 2010. Gottemoeller’s sweeping historical narrative and personal reflections, combined with her evident wisdom and political objectivity, provide unique insight into the continued threat of nuclear proliferation to global security. This book is an invaluable guide for understanding the craft of arms control negotiations, as well as the critical role and responsibility of skillful, knowledgeable, and determined negotiators.” —Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program, The Brookings Institution
“Rose Gottemoeller, one of the world’s most respected international security experts, chronicles in this remarkable book invaluable personal reflections and authoritative insights gained as a leader in America’s most important chapter in recent arms control history—the New START Treaty. What makes this such a timely offering is the wisdom born of success that can help guide Washington’s next phase of critical negotiations with Moscow. This extraordinary firsthand account is indispensable reading of arguably the most important national security issue of our time.” — Jon Huntsman, former Governor of Utah, former U.S. Ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore
