War on Peace : The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence (Hardcover)

from Susan.Macura

Investigative reporter Farrow draws on his years working in the state department and his various contacts to produce a credible argument for the importance of diplomacy in today's chaotic world. He examines events in recent history, particularly since 9/11/2001, that reflect on the growth of mili...

from writemoves

Wow, if I wasn't depressed enough about the status and standing of the United States in the world, Farrow threw buckets of cold water on any of my expectations for American exceptionalism. Farrow did a tour around the world and showed how ineffective our diplomatic efforts have been in Afghanista...

from Jthierer

Farrow's thesis here is that U.S. foreign policy is leaning heavily toward military decision makers and, as a consequence, away from diplomats. While he offers quite a few examples of how U.S. foreign policy has failed to address the biggest, thorniest issues of the past decade (Afghanistan, the ...

from Susan.Macura

Investigative reporter Farrow draws on his years working in the state department and his various contacts to produce a credible argument for the importance of diplomacy in today's chaotic world. He examines events in recent history, particularly since 9/11/2001, that reflect on the growth of mili...

from writemoves

Wow, if I wasn't depressed enough about the status and standing of the United States in the world, Farrow threw buckets of cold water on any of my expectations for American exceptionalism. Farrow did a tour around the world and showed how ineffective our diplomatic efforts have been in Afghanista...