The Process: 1,100 Days That Changed the Middle East.

Savir, Uri. [Madeleine Albright]

Published by Random House, New York, 1998

About this Item

First edition of this first hand account of the Middle East peace process initiated in Oslo. Octavo, original publisher's half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, maps, letters, and sketches. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, The Process that started in 1993 was based on human values and the courage of leadership. It is therefore that we look to you to lead our region to the peace we all hope and pray for, with deep respect. Uri Savir. Washington, 21.6.98." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the â 3 Dsâ of NATO, â which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication â " because I think that we donâ t need any of those three â Dsâ to happen.â After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown Universityâ s School of Foreign Service. For Albrightâ s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, with her bookplate to the front pastedown. "Oslo, an extraordinary confluence of hope, hatred, humanity, and tough bargaining, produced a chance for peace in the Middle East. Uri Savir was the key Israeli negotiator there. He tells the true story of what happened like a brilliant novelist" (Leslie H. Gelb, president, Council on Foreign Relations).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Process: 1,100 Days That Changed the Middle East.
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition