Flashpoints : Promise and Peril in a New World

Wright, Robin; & Doyle McManus (signed by McManus and inscribed to Diane Spatz, Washington D.C.-based Assignment Editor for the Los Angeles Times)

ISBN 10: 0679407081 / ISBN 13: 9780679407089

Edité par Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Doyle McManus directly on the front free endpaper: "For Diane [Spatz], our constant anchor in troubled times: As you'll see the good news here is that we'll have plenty of work over the next 20 years or so -- With love & best wishes from your sometime charges…" Fine condition in a Very Near Fine dust jacket (only very slightly rubbed). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NOT price clipped ($24.00). Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked -- apparently never read. 1991. First Printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original blue boards with a gilt-stamped dark blue cloth spine. Complete with dust jacket. This book is inscribed to Diane Spatz, Washington D.C.-based Assignment Editor for the LOS ANGELES TIMES. In 1992 Ms. Spatz appeared on C-Span to discuss the progress of the presidential transition, Bill Clinton's meeting with the first President Bush and with Congressional leadership, and legislative priorities of the new administration. An internet video of her television appearance can still be seen on C-Span's Video Library. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 258pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Flashpoints : Promise and Peril in a New World
• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Date de parution: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0679407081
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780679407089
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Printing of the First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine condition
• État de la jaquette: Very Near Fine dust jacket
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Politics / Government / International Relations

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Synopsis

Book by Wright Robin

Biographie de l'auteur

Robin Wright is an American journalist currently covering US foreign policy for the Washington Post. She has reported for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, the Sunday Times (London), CBS News and the Christian Science Monitor, and has served as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. She has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

Wright received the UN Correspondents Association Gold Medal for coverage of international affairs, the National Magazine Award for reportage from Iran in The New Yorker, and the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative" for coverage of African wars. For coverage of US foreign policy, she was named journalist of the year by the American Academy of Diplomacy for "distinguished reporting and analysis of international affairs" and won the National Press Club Award and the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. Wright has also been the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant.

Wright has been a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Brookings Institution, Yale University, Duke University, Stanford University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California. She also lectures extensively around the United States and has been a television commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC programs, including Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week, Nightline, PBS NewsHour, Frontline, and Larry King Live.