REAGAN, Ronald; [George H.W. Bush; George P. Shultz; Lech Walesa].
An American Life.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990.
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"Governments Don't Produce Economic Growth, People Do": First Edition of Ronald Reagan's An American Life; Signed by President George H.W. Bush, George P. Shultz and Lech Walesa
First edition of the memoir of Ronald Reagan, the fortieth President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by three architects and witnesses of the end of the Cold War: President George H.W. Bush, Reagan's Secretary of State George P. Shultz, "With best wishes George P. Shultz"; and Polish Solidarity leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa; and Lech Walesa co-founded Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc and a driving force against communist rule, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. George P. Shultz served as Reagan's Secretary of State throughout the pivotal diplomacy that helped end the Cold War, while George H.W. Bush, Reagan's vice president and his successor in the White House, presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
"Reagan's charm, as displayed throughout this book, is incontestable; so is his grace under pressure" (San Francisco Chronicle). In An American Life, Ronald Reagan tells the story of his journey from a small-town boyhood in Illinois through Hollywood stardom and the governorship of California to two transformative terms in the White House. Written after he left office, the memoir recounts his sweeping economic program, his arms-control negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev, and his conviction that American strength and moral clarity could bring the Cold War to a peaceful end. It remains the definitive first-person account of one of the most consequential presidencies of the twentieth century.
An American Life.
$2,200.00
In Stock