Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier with Adolf Hitler
Munich Conference, 1938
 

From left: Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and his son-in-law, Ciano
after the Munich Conference, 1938.

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Le Duc Tho and Kissinger, Paris 1972
 

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Jimmy Carter with Kim Il Sung
 in Pyongyang, Korea in 1994
 

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Madeleine Albright and Kim Jong-il, 2000
("Ah!  A gullible blonde with a drink!  Let's see what we can get her to agree to!")
 

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Awaiting Picture

James Baker III  and Lee Hamilton with Osama Ben Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2007?
 

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In the long run, is there really any substitute for victory?