{"product_id":"mr-ambassador-warrior-for-peace-paperback","title":"Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward J. Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eConnie Cronley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge P. Shultz\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Apartheid South Africa was on fire around me.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the story of how one man turned the page of history.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 578\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 10.07 x 6.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131080544391,"sku":"9780806140940","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/79ef34a4d268dbf0968571a2b5341097.webp?v=1732616164","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mr-ambassador-warrior-for-peace-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}