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HURD, DOUGLAS: : THE SEARCH FOR PEACE - A CENTURY OF PEACE DIPLOMACY. [Author signed copy.]

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN and COMPANY,1997.

ISBN 9780316640374.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's bold,handwritten, black ink dedication+signature to title page thus: 'To (indeciperable name) - Merry Christmas Douglas Hurd (underscore)',and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,grey background with capitalised,white-outlined grey-lettered part-title,capitalised,black-lettered sub-title and capitalised,white-lettered author name,along with a pair of thumbnal colour pphotographs (Churchill,Roosevelt,Stalin at the Yalta Conference) and Yitzhak Rabib,Clinton and Yasser Arafat,in Middle East peace process) illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with a capitalised.white-  lettered 'NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES' to black triangular background of top's front fore-edge corner; spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered part title, capitalised black-lettered author's name and publisher's capitalised black-lettered and illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with author's portrait colour photograph.Negligible shelf-wear with minimal bumping,creasing to edges and corners,some minimal laminate peel in situ to rear,top edge near head of spine – but no nicks,tears or splits present to dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original speckled/mottled plain pale grey paper-covered(?) boards with bright, crisp,blocked,capitalised gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, 1st edn,vii-xpp+4-266pp [paginated]  includes Contents list/table,with picture credits to its reverse,Acknowledgements,author's Introduction,8  chapters, profuse historical and contemporary b/w line illustrations and b/w photographs throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a dedication (to his wife),an Introduction separator page, individual chapter separator pages - the latter 3 all with a blank reverse,and to the rear 12pp blanks.                                          Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 25+ year-old age.It is only the minor exterior faults described,that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and particularly as an author SIGNED example.                                  We live in a world of nation states, immortal and political entities that act as a focus for the loyalty of the citizen but cannot by themselves meet those citizens' needs. As the history of our own continent illustrates, a Europe of nation states has bred a Europe of endemic warfare. Such has been the problem facing international diplomacy for nearly two hundred years.                                    Douglas Hurd traces the search for peace back to the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, focusing his attention on four key events - the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the Yalta settlement of 1945 and the collapse of Communism. He demonstrates how the diplomatic realism that kept Europe at peace for a century was destroyed by both American idealism at the end of the First World War and the accompanying rise of Nazism,Fascism and Marxism.Only by appreciating the lessons of the past, can we meet the new challenges presented by the tumultuous events of 1989, when the threat of nuclear war was replaced by the open wound of Bosnia. Combining acute historical analysis with the unique insight of a former Foreign Secretary, 'THE SEARCH FOR PEACE' is a major contribution to our understanding of international politics. The Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell,CH,CBE enjoyed a distinguished career in government spanning sixteen years. He ran Edward Heath's acted as Political Secretary at 10 Downing Street from 1970 to 1974. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984-8), Home Secretary (1985-9) and Foreign Secretary from 1989 to 1995 in Margaret Thatcher's government.   Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - just over 1Kg unpackaged, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!                                  N.B. 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