Harriman, Averell

PEACE WITH RUSSIA? [Inscribed]

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 174 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine yellow with black and red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.00." Minor shelf wear, including small closed tears along upper edges, slight waviness and staining to front cover. Top edge of textblock dyed blue, though faded. Interior pages clean. Inscribed to John and Ruth Clingerman from Harriman on front free endpaper, dated "March 29, 1964" in Stanleyville: "Two capable and enthusiastic members of the Foreign Service representing our country well in Stanleyville. With my thanks for your warm hospitality and all best wishes." Shelved in Case 1.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $500

NOTES

Averell Harriman was an American Democratic congressman, who served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry Truman. During the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations he served as an Ambassador-at-Large, dealing with Cold War policy.

John Clingerman was a career diplomat, serving in Nepal opening the first US Embassy there from 1959-1961, the Republic of Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Dahomey (now Benin), Belgium, and Zambia. He then served as the U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho from 1979-1981. While serving in the Republic of Congo, he was involved in Operation Dragon Rouge, the hostage rescue operation in Stanleyville to recover hundreds of European and U.S. citizens from the Simba Rebellion. The next year he would receive the State Department's Distinguished Honor Award for heroism for bravery under hostile fire.