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The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy
by Strobe Talbott
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Random House Inc, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2002. First Edition. 478 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black paper covered boards. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.
Synopsis
Strobe Talbott was the architect of the Clinton administration's policy toward Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union. He served as deputy secretary of state for even years. A former Time magazine columnist and Washington bureau chief, he is the translator-editor of Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs and the author of six books on U.S.-Soviet relations. He is now director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. From the Hardcover edition.
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- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1683207098IEV
- Title
- The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy
- Author
- Strobe Talbott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Date Published
- 2002
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- Spine
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