Hardcover bound in genuine gilt stamped brown leather. i – xvi, 687 pages. With 40 pages of standalone plates / illustrations. Brand new copy in shrink wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Customarily laid-in to this title are an Easton Press unused book-plate, COA [Certificate of Authenticity] and brief Collector’s Notes, (unverified as this copy remains sealed in the original factory shrink wrap). Signed First edition, one of 1,800 numbered copies signed by the author. Baker’s personal account of his tenure in the George H.W. Bush administration, where he recounts several momentous historical events from the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, German reunification, the coalition-building for the Gulf War, and early Madrid Middle East peace talks. Generally praised as a candid, behind-the-scenes look at high-stakes statecraft and the historical personalities involved, some critics point out the underwhelming treatment of certain embarrassing details such as the early missteps or omissions regarding the escalating conflict in Bosnia. The general consensus however remains that the work is a major contribution to contemporary U.S. foreign relations literature. New.