Our Man : Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (Paperback)

from drsabs

Richard Holbrooke started his career in Vietnam and finished it trying to end the Afghan war. The author links Holbrooke's career and diplomatic approach with the end of the American Century. He was the last to be able to pursue American-led multilateral efforts to solve international issues. In ...

from Katyefk

Very comprehensive and in depth saga of a very brilliant and challenging American. I learned a lot about the State Department's actions and dramas related to the Vietnam War, the Bosnian War and the war in Afghanistan. Richard Holbrooke tried to have folks see that actions were being repeated and...

from breic

The first part of this story, about Holbrooke's early years in Vietnam, is fascinating. As the book lumbers on, though, Packer's injected "insights" become tiresome. It's rare for me to think a history book too opinionated. But Packer: let us think for ourselves, or at least try to back up your c...

from atticusfinch1048

Our Man – A reflection of American diplomacy George Packer has written an incredible, and interesting biography, about Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat. Also, this biography is a dissection of American power of its strengths and failures, and the embodiment of that is Holbrooke. Three days be...

from atticusfinch1048

Our Man – A reflection of American diplomacy George Packer has written an incredible, and interesting biography, about Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat. Also, this biography is a dissection of American power of its strengths and failures, and the embodiment of that is Holbrooke. Three days be...