Binding is firm and hinges are not cracked or damaged. Pages are tight and clean. Boards and DJ have light shelfwear and rubbing. Library discard with usual marks and attachments. Pocket removed. DJ protected with mylar and not clipped. 302 pages. HardCover Binding. Year: 1975. ISBN: 0679505377. He is the most powerful, persuasive, highly revered international diplomat of our times. His name is Mitchell Hovac-an American citizen whose Czechoslovakian descent is still evident in the slight trace of an accent. His adolescence was spent in Europe under the heel of Nazism-an experience, many suspect, that inflamed his political passions, inevitably led him into the arena of international affairs, and ultimately drove him to the pinnacle of success as the most influential, indeed indispensable, aid to the President of the United States-he is The Negotiator.