Mr. Ambassador : Warrior for Peace by Edward J. Perkins; Connie Cronley - 2006

University of Oklahoma Press. Collectible - Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006 ISBN 0-8061-3767-3 Quarto (10.25 in. by 7.25 in.); 559pp.; signed by author to title page; fine hardcover; very good dust jacket; lightly torn dust jacket corners; bent rear flap; crisp; clean; bright..

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10,25 inches. xvi, 560 p. Illustrations. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Foreword by George P. Shultz. Preface by David L. Boren. This memoir of one of America's most courageous statesmen, Edward J. Perkins, is illustrated with 50 black and white photographs and 6 maps. Edward Joseph Perkins (June 8, 1928 - November 7, 2020) was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. He also served as the director of the United States State Department's Diplomatic Corps. Perkins passed the Foreign Service exam in 1971. Through a satellite campus of the University of Southern California, he would later earn his master's degree in 1972 and a doctorate in 1978, both of which were in public administration. Concerned with the lack of support for fellow black members of the Foreign Service,… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Perkins on title page, DJ lightly rubbed, otherwise very clean, tight and bright.

E-313: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 2006. 576 pgs. Illustrated. Signed by Edward Perkins on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. “Apartheid South Africa was on fire around me. ” So begins the memoir of Career Foreign Service Officer Edward J. Perkins, the first black United States ambassador to South Africa. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave him the unparalleled assignment: dismantle apartheid without violence. EB; 9.8 X 7.4 X 1.6 inches; 576 pages; Signed by Author .

University of Oklahoma Press, 2006-04-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!