E. P. Dutton, New York, 1979, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-525-06631-4.  Hard cover, 282 pages.  Very good minus; tight binding; some edge, corner and spine end wear.  Dust jacket price-clipped, with edge and cover wear, wear at corners and spine ends; short edge tears and larger tears on front panel which have been mended on verso.  Book interior clean and unmarked.  ‘… takes the reader from the outermost reaches of the Arab world to the innermost sanctums of the presidency-probing the chilling clash between the nation’s idealism and the darker realities through which presidents maintain a grip on power.  … reveals the dimensions of power-its exhilaration and romance, and its capacity to persuade the conscience that any cruelty or lie is justified if committed in the name of an ideal.’ (from flaps)