Ronan Farrow

"[An] exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership"--Amazon.com.

The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

War on Peace

Archita Birla

i am giving this book 5/5 stars!! it was read and complicated to read, as i had virtually no background knowledge on any of these (very serious, very important) topics

i've been wanting to read this book for a while, and it took me an incredibly long time (A FULL MONTH!), but i would really reccomend it to anyone who wants to better learn about foreign policy, government, and the complicated nature of the world we live in. 

ronan farrow's style of writing is easy to understand and follow, while being gripping and interesting. 

for me, the book really picked up about 25% in! 

learning about richard holbrooke through ronan farrow's eyes was incredibly beautiful.

Simran Kalkat

riveting. the format was real good, and the content, especially many of the interviews, was impressive. the book is all about how the shrinking influence of the US state department is a problem that needs to be addressed otherwise, as history has shown again and again, there’ll be repercussions.

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Reiko Fu

A harrowing exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership. "This is one of the most important books of our time." Walter Isaacson US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America's place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy and development are bleeding out after deep budget cuts; the diplomats who make America's deals and protect democratic interests 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. Increasingly, America is a nation that shoots first and asks questions later. In an astonishing 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 acclaimed investigative journalist Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His first-hand experience as a former 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 - War on Peace makes a powerful case for an endangered profession. Diplomacy, Farrow argues, has declined after decades of political cowardice, short-sightedness, and outright malice - but it may just offer a way out of a world at war.

War on Peace The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence

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