...de Comines, a competent diplomatist, expressed the views of many of his latter-day colleagues that "two great Princes who wish to establish good personal relations should never meet each other face-to-face, but ought to communicate through good and wise ambassadors."3 Frank I. Cobb counseled...

...far back as the fifteenth century, Philippe de Commynes, adviser to Louis XI of France, observed that "two great princes who wish to establish good personal relations should never meet with each other face-to-face but ought to communicate through good and wise ambassadors" ("An Uncontrolled...

...head of government makes a fumble, the goal line is open behind him." Dean Acheson Summit meetings: "Two great princes who wish to establish good personal...face but ought to communicate through good and wise ambassadors." Philippe de Commines 369 Summit meetings: "The advantage of a summit meeting is that...

...that practice, French diplomat and historian Philippe de Commynes (1447-1511) asserted in his memoirs "Two great princes who wish to establish good personal...face but ought to communicate through good and wise ambassadors." His view arose from his belief that great princes 40 Thomas Fuller, "Work Hard? Young...