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04196aam a2200529Ii 4500 001 EDC7675C323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211021010114 008 180924s2021 nyuf e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0393356906 020 $a 9780393356908 035 $a (OCoLC)1053998733 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d GRC $d OCLCO $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a a-pk--- $a a-pk--- 050 4 $a JZ1480 $b .F37 2021 082 04 $a 327.73 $2 23 100 1 $a Farrow, Ronan, $d 1987- $e author. 245 10 $a War on peace : $b the end of diplomacy and the decline of American influence / $c Ronan Farrow. 250 $a Revised and updated edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2021] 300 $a xxxv, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Epilogue : the tool of first resort. $g Part III. $t The last diplomats. $t American myths ; $t Lady Taliban ; $t Dick ; $t The Mango Case ; $t The other Haqqani Network ; $t Duplicity ; $t The frat house ; $t Mission : Impossible ; $t Walking on glass ; $t Farmer Holbrooke ; $t A little less conversation ; $t A-Rod ; $t Promise me you'll end the war ; $t The wheels come off the bus ; $t The memo ; $t The real thing -- $g Part II. $t Shoot first, ask questions never. $t General rule ; $t Dostum : He is telling the truth and discouraging all lies ; $t White beast ; $t The shortest spring ; $t Midnight at the ranch -- $g Part III. $t Present at the destruction. $t The state of the Secretary ; $t The mosquito and the sword ; $t Meltdown -- $t Epilogue : the tool of first resort. 520 $a "United States foreign policy is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Institutions of diplomacy and development are reeling from deep budget cuts. The diplomats who make America's deals and protect its citizens around the world are walking out in droves. Offices across the State Department sit empty, while abroad the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. In a journey from the corridors of power in Washington, DC, to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth-- Afghanistan, Somalia, and North Korea among them-- investigative journalist Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His firsthand experience as a State Department official affords a personal look at some of the last standard bearers of traditional statecraft, including Richard Holbrooke, who made peace in Bosnia and died while trying to do so in Afghanistan. Drawing on newly unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with warlords, whistle-blowers, and policymakers--including every living secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson-- Farrow makes the case for an endangered profession"--Description provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Holbrooke, Richard C., $d 1941-2010. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of State. 650 0 $a World politics $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- 650 0 $a Diplomacy. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations administration. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2017-2021. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z PaÌtÌ£a. $z PaÌtÌ£a. 651 0 $a Pakistan $x Foreign relations $z United States. 600 17 $a Holbrooke, Richard C., $d 1941-2010. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01757392 610 17 $a United States. $b Department of State. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01802976 650 7 $a Diplomacy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894188 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a International relations $x Administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353398 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a World politics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01181381 651 7 $a Pakistan. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210275 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a Since 2000 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017023930.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDC7675C323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search