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The unquiet American : Richard Holbrooke in the world / Derek Chollet and Samantha Power, editors.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.H653 U57 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holbrooke, Richard C., 1941-2010.
- Diplomats--United States--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- United States.
- Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
- Ambassadors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]
- 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:
- 1 The Audacity of Determination 7
- Thinker, Doer, Mentor, Friend / Strobe Talbott Talbott, Strobe 8
- The Machine That Fails (Winter 1970-1971) 23
- Foreword to Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (2003) 34
- The Paradox of George F. Kennan (March 21, 2005) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 39
- 2 The Journalist 43
- Reporting Truth to Power / E. Benjamin Skinner Skinner, E. Benjamin 44
- That Magnificent Hunger / Jonathan Alter Alter, Jonathan 58
- The Writing on the Wall (July 27, 1961) 62
- Washington Dateline: The New Battlelines (Winter 1973-1974) 65
- Jack Frost Nipping at the Years (March 5, 1975) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 72
- 3 Vietnam 75
- Richard Holbrooke and the Vietnam War: Past and Prologue / Gordon M. Goldstein Goldstein, Gordon M. 76
- A Generation Conditioned by the Impact of Vietnam (December 20, 1969) 96
- A Little Lying Goes a Long Way (September 10, 1971) 99
- Pushing Sand (May 3, 1975) 101
- Our Second Civil War (August 28, 2004) 106
- Why Vietnam Matters (2008) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 109
- 4 Asia in the Carter Years 115
- Restoring America's Role in Asia / Richard Bernstein Bernstein, Richard 116
- Escaping the Domino Trap (September 7, 1975) 132
- Conscience and Catastrophe (July 30, 1984) 146
- Much Too Tough to Be Cute (March 3, 1997) 157
- The Day the Door to China Opened Wide (December 15, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 159
- 5 Europe in the Clinton Years 163
- Holbrooke, a European Power / Roger Cohen Cohen, Roger 164
- America, a European Power (March/April 1995) 176
- Hungarian History in the Making (December 1999) 190
- Berlin's Unquiet Ghosts (September 10, 2001) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 194
- 6 Bosnia and Dayton 197
- Ending a War / Derek Chollet Chollet, Derek 198
- Bosnia: The "Cleansing" Goes On (August 16, 1992) 209
- With Broken Glass (April 25, 1993) 212
- Why Are We in Bosnia? (May 18, 1998) 214
- Foreword to The Road to the Dayton Accords (2006) 225
- The Face of Evil (July 23, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 235
- 7 The United Nations 239
- Holbrooke in Turtle Bay / James Traub Traub, James 240
- The United Nations: Flawed But Indispensable (November 2, 1999) 251
- Last Best Hope (September 28, 2003) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 257
- 8 Fighting HIV/AIDS 263
- The Global HIV/AIDS Crisis / John Tedstrom Tedstrom, John 264
- AIDS: The Strategy Is Wrong (November 29, 2005) 274
- Sorry, But AIDS Testing Is Critical (January 4, 2006) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 278
- 9 Afghanistan and Pakistan 281
- The Last Mission / David Rohde Rohde, David 282
- Rebuilding Nations (April 1, 2002) 296
- Afghanistan: The Long Road Ahead (April 2, 2006) 300
- Still Wrong in Afghanistan (January 23, 2008) 303
- Hope in Pakistan; The Problems Are Real, But So Is the Progress (March 21, 2008) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 306
- 10 Mentor and Friend 309
- All That's Left / Samantha Power Power, Samantha 310
- A Sense of Drift, a Time for Calm (Summer 1976) 319
- The Next President: Mastering a Daunting Agenda (September/October 2008) / Richard Holbrooke Holbrooke, Richard 333.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1610390784
- 9781610390781
- 9781610390798
- OCLC:
- 707246548
- Publisher Number:
- 99946135754
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