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‘US diplomacy has failed to keep up with the times. Part insider account and part sober analysis, ‘War on Peace’ traces the fall of American diplomacy and pulls no punches. Only someone as incisive and unflinching as Farrow could have written this book – and we should all be thankful that he did. A must-read’ Ian Bremmer, Time magazine
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1. Jan. 2018 · He provides enough history to help the reader understand what brought us to the military's dominant role in both deciding foreign policy and executing it. Farrow argues that diplomacy, rather than military might, can be successful but its shortcomings have also weakened its ability. I couldn't put the book down. The prose is straight forward ...
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22. Juni 2021 · War on Peace” is a riveting and thought-provoking book exploring the reasons behind the declining, though one hopes not dying, art and craft of US foreign diplomacy negotiation. Ronan Farrow, former US State Department diplomat and current journalist, details how the use of diplomacy has diminished over the last several presidencies, at the hands of ever increasing military power that is now ...
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 ...
9. Mai 2018 · WAR ON PEACE The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence By Ronan Farrow Illustrated. 392 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $27.95.. In 2010, just before Thanksgiving, American foreign ...
13. Aug. 2018 · September/October 2018 Published on August 13, 2018. Farrow is a gifted writer and a sharp observer, and parts of this book are brilliant, especially its account of Farrow’s service under Richard Holbrooke, who was U.S. President Barack Obama’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. But the book’s parts do not cohere.
"War On Peace" by Ronan Farrow makes a powerful case regarding America's drift away from diplomacy and towards dependence upon military solutions for its security. Before launching into my review of War On Peace, I’m going to share two quotes from The Ultimate Book of Quotations:
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