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Mr. Ambassador : Warrior for Peace by Edward J. Perkins and Connie Cronley (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Mr. Ambassador : Warrior for Peace, Paperback by Perkins, Edward J.; Cronley, Connie; Shultz, George P. (FRW), ISBN 0806140941, ISBN-13 9780806140940, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Perkins, the first black US ambassador to South Africa, offers a memoir of his life and career. He recounts his experiences in the Foreign Service of the United States, eventually becoming its director general, and serving as a marine and as ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. He particularly focuses on his work to end apartheid in South Africa. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press

ISBN-100806140941

ISBN-139780806140940

eBay Product ID (ePID)73780164

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Book TitleMr. Ambassador : Warrior for Peace

Number of Pages578 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPersonal Memoirs, International Relations / General, Political, Educators

Publication Year2009

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorEdward J. Perkins, Connie Cronley

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight35 oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Preface byBoren, David L.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal327.730092 B

SynopsisApartheid 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. As he fulfilled that assignment, Perkins was scourged by the American press, despised by the Afrikaner government, hissed at by white South African citizens, and initially boycotted by black South African revolutionaries, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His advice to President-elect George H. W. Bush helped modify American policy and hasten the release of Nelson Mandela and others from prison. Perkins's up-by-your-bootstraps life took him from a cotton farm in segregated Louisiana to the white elite Foreign Service, where he became the first black officer to ascend to the top position of director general. This is the story of how one man turned the page of history., "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. As he fulfilled that assignment, Perkins was scourged by the American press, despised by the Afrikaner government, hissed at by white South African citizens, and initially boycotted by black South African revolutionaries, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His advice to President-elect George H. W. Bush helped modify American policy and hasten the release of Nelson Mandela and others from prison. Perkins's up-by-your-bootstraps life took him from a cotton farm in segregated Louisiana to the white elite Foreign Service, where he became the first black officer to ascend to the top position of director general. This is the story of how one man turned the page of history.