Ebook: War on Peace
Author: Farrow Ronan
- Tags: Afghan War 2001-, Audiobooks, Diplomacy, Diplomatic relations, International relations--Administration, Politics and government, World politics, World politics--21st century, Holbrooke Richard C. -- 1941-2010, United States. -- Department of State, World politics -- 21st century, United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century, United States -- Foreign relations administration, United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-, United States -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa, Pakistan -- Foreign
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Language: English
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A harrowing exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership.
American diplomacy is under siege. Offices across the State Department sit empty, while abroad the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. We're becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later.
In an astonishing account ranging from Washington, D.C., to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and North Korea in the years since 9/11, acclaimed journalist and former diplomat Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His firsthand experience in the State Department affords a personal look at some of the last standard-bearers of traditional statecraft, including Richard Holbrooke, who made peace in Bosnia and died trying to do so in Afghanistan. Farrow's narrative is richly informed by interviews with warlords, whistleblowers, and policymakers, from Henry Kissinger to...