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The Politics of Diplomacy -- Revolution, War & Peace, 1989 - 1992
The Politics of Diplomacy -- Revolution War Peace 1989 - 1992 Author:James A. Baker III From one of our country's most distinguished statemen, The Politics of Diplomacy is an outstanding account of an extraordinary time in world history. — By any reckoning, James Baker's years as Secretary of State contained some of the most pivotal events of the seond half of the twentieth century, and few men played as ciritical a... more » role in so many of them as Baker himself. In this candid, revealing account, Baker uses his unique perspective to take us inside those events and the personalities involved in them: the collapse of Communism, the Berlin Wall, and the Soviet Union itself; the reunification of Germany; the end of conflict in Central America; the repression in Tiananmen Square; the invasion of Panama; the birth of freedom in South Africa; the remarkable negotiations behind the coalition-building of the Gulf War; and the even more remarkable talks that led Israelis and Arabs to sit down at the same table for the first time after decades of bloody conflict.« less