Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen.

In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President Ford did not bother himself with such minor details. He let me swim in the pool. He only got upset when I tried to walk across the water.

America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.

One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would have been enough to deter Hitler. But we are talking in a different order of reality.

China is a one party state. Sooner or later China will get to the point when the new social classes, which have emerged thanks to economic success, will have to be integrated into the political system. There is no guarantee that this process will run smoothly.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.