War on peace the end of diplomacy and the decline of American influence /
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...
| Main Author: | Farrow, Ronan, 1987- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: |
xxxiii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue : Mahogany Row massacre
- Part I. The last diplomats. American myths
- Lady Taliban
- Dick
- The Mango Case
- The other Haqqani Network
- Duplicity
- The frat house
- Mission : Impossible
- Walking on glass
- Farmer Holbrooke
- A little less conversation
- A-Rod
- Promise me you'll end the war
- The wheels come off the bus
- The memo
- The real thing
- Part II. Shoot first, ask questions never. General rule
- Dostum : He is telling the truth and discouraging all lies
- White beast
- The shortest spring
- Midnight at the ranch
- Part III. Present at the destruction. The state of the Secretary
- The mosquito and the sword
- Meltdown
- Epilogue : The tool of first resort.