ISBN10: 0375507140, ISBN13: 9780375507144, [publisher: Random House] Hardcover First Edition First Edition -- Inscribed by Strobe Talbott to Secretary of Defense William Perry -- of this memoir of Talbott's service as a top State Department official during the President Bill Clinton administration. As Deputy Secretary of State and a Soviet Union expert, Talbott was a top policy maker in setting the course for U.S. relations with Russia and the other former Soviet states in the early years following the collapse of the Soviet government. Among the issues: establishing an independent, de-nuclearized Ukraine and managing relations with a rising star in Russian leadership circles -- Vladimir Putin. As a Clinton-era Secretary of Defense, Perry turns up frequently in the narrative. Warmly inscribed ("a hero of this story and many more") by Strobe Talbott to Secretary of Defense William Perry on the front endpaper. 478 pages, illustrated. No sign of previous use.
[Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
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