Appeasing the Ayatollahs and Suppressing Democracy: U. S. Policy and the Iranian Opposition.

First edition of this critical analysis of Iranian diplomacy. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with full color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by President of the Iran Policy Committee, Dr. Raymond Tanter on the title page, "25 Jun 07 The Honorable Madeleine Albright: Thanks for your contribution to our national security and to our Georgetown University: Raymond Tanter President and Visiting Professor." The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the "3 Ds" of NATO, "which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don't need any of those three "Ds" to happen." After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. For Albright's contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown from "The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.