1990, Khrushchev Remembers : The Glasnost Tapes, Transl JL Schecter, SIGNED

Description: The Glasnost Tapes were dictated by Nikita Khrushchev for purposes of his memoirs. This book includes "new" information from these tapes as of ca 1990 - the Foreword of the book by Strobe Talbot provides the historical context of these tapes. The portions of the tapes used for this book were translated and edited by Jerrold L. Schecter with Vyacheslav V. Luchkov. Overall the book is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. The dust jacket has light edge wear, with no tears or chips. Clean very dark blue cloth boards with clear gilt spine titling, with 219 clean and solidly bound with no marks except for NICE INSCRIPTION, DATE, AND SIGNATURE BY JERROLD SCHECTER. The inscription was made out to "Bob". This Bob was Robert Keatley, who is a journalist with extensive work experience in China. Here is a brief overview of this journalist's bio found online: "Robert Keatley has served as editor of three newspapers during his journalism career. After earning degrees from the University of Washington and Stanford University and serving in the Navy, Keatley joined the Wall Street Journal, where he spent most of his career. He was a staff reporter in San Francisco, New York, London, and Hong Kong before becoming the Journal’s diplomatic correspondent in Washington. In that capacity, he made a lengthy visit to China in the spring of 1971 as the first American reporter to receive an individual journalist’s visa following the advent of Ping-Pong diplomacy; the trip included an interview with Premier Zhou Enlai. Keatley returned to China the following February to cover the visit of President Nixon and has made many additional visits since then, including trips accompanying Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Cyrus Vance..." B74

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