New York, N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 416, [10] pages. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The Inscription reads: To Dan--Who shares his father's special place in our lives. Thanks for your friendship! Strobe Talbott, August 24, 1988. The book includes a Preface, Prologue, Notes, and Index. Part One describes Offense; Part Two describes Defense. DJ has some wear and soiling. Nelson Strobridge "Strobe" Talbott III (born April 25, 1946) is an American foreign policy analyst associated with Yale University and the Brookings Institution, a former journalist associated with Time magazine, and a diplomat who served as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001. He was president of Brookings from 2002 to 2017. Following Bill Clinton's election as president, Talbott was invited into government where he served at first managing the consequences of the Soviet breakup as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the New Independent States. After leaving government, he was for a period Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Talbott was the sixth president of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., from 2002 to 2017. At Brookings, he was responsible for formulating and setting policies, recommending projects, approving publications and selecting staff. He brings to Brookings the experience of his careers spanning journalism, government service and academe, and his expertise in US foreign policy with specialties on Europe, Russia, South Asia and nuclear arms control. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. More