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First edition. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Widely regarded to possess one of the most penetrating minds of any modern diplomat of any nation, Holbrooke was also well known for his outsized personality, and his capacity to charm and offend in equally colossal measures. In this book, the friends and colleagues who knew him best survey his accomplishments as a diplomat, activist, and author. Excerpts from Holbrooke's own writings further illuminate each significant period of his career. |
| Contents |
The audacity of determination. Thinker, doer, mentor, friend / Strobe Talbott ; The machine that fails (winter 1970-1971) ; Foreword to Paris 1919 : six months that changed the world (2003) ; The paradox of George F. Kennan (March 21, 2005) / Richard Holbrooke -- The journalist. Reporting truth to power / E. Benjamin Skinner ; That magnificent hunger / Jonathan Alter ; The writing on the wall (July 27, 1961) ; Washington dateline : the new battlelines (winter 1973-1974) ; Jack Frost nipping at the years (March 5, 1975) / Richard Holbrooke -- Vietnam. Richard Holbrooke and the Vietnam War : past and prologue / Gordon M. Goldstein ; A generation conditioned by the impact of Vietnam (December 20, 1969) ; A little lying goes a long way (September 10, 1971 ; Pushing sand (May 3, 1975) ; Our second Civil War (August 28, 2004) ; Why Vietnam matters (2008) / Richard Holbrooke -- Asia in the Carter years. Restoring America's role in Asia / Richard Bernstein ; Escaping the domino trap (September 7, 1975) ; Conscience and catastrophe (July 30, 1984) ; Much too tough to be cute (March 3, 1997) ; The day the door to China opened wide (December 15, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke -- Europe in the Clinton years. Holbrooke, a European power / Roger Cohen ; America, a European power (March/April 1995) ; Hungarian history in the making (December 1999) ; Berlin's unquiet ghosts (September 10, 2001) / Richard Holbrooke -- Bosnia and Dayton. Ending a war / Derek Chollet ; Bosnia : the "cleansing" goes on (August 16, 1992) ; With broken glass (April 25, 1993) ; Why are we in Bosnia? (May 18, 1998) ; Foreword to "The Road to the Dayton Accords" (2006) ; The face of evil (July 23, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke -- The United Nations. Holbrooke in Turtle Bay / James Traub ; The United Nations : flawed but indispensable (November 2, 1999) ; Last best hope (September 28, 2003) / Richard Holbrooke -- Fighting HIV/AIDS. The global HIV/AIDS crisis / John Tedstrom ; AIDS : the strategy is wrong (November 29, 2005) ; Sorry, but AIDS testing is critical (January 4, 2006) / Richard Holbrooke -- Afghanistan and Pakistan. The last mission / David Rohde ; Rebuilding nations (April 1, 2002) ; Afghanistan : the long road ahead (April 2, 2006) ; Still wrong in Afghanistan (January 23, 2008) ; Hope in Pakistan : the problems are real, but so is the progress (March 21, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke -- Mentor and friend. All that's left / Samantha Power ; A sense of drift, a time for calm (summer 1976) ; The next president : mastering a daunting agenda (September/October 2008) / Richard Holbrooke. |
| Subject |
Holbrooke, Richard C., 1941-2010.
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Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
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Biographies. |
| Alt Author |
Chollet, Derek H.
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Power, Samantha.
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| Standard # |
9781610390781 hardback |
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1610390784 |
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9781610390798 e-book |
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1610390792 e-book |
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