Our man : Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century / George Packer.

"From the award-winning author of The Unwinding--the vividly told saga of the ambition, idealism, and hubris of one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history, set amid the rise and fall of U.S. power from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Richard Holbrooke was brilliant, wholly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Packer, George, 1960- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Holbrooke, Richard C., > 1941-2010.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
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Diplomats.
Statesmen.
United States.
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Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:592 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Dreams so far away
  • Vietnam : how can we lose when we're so sincere?
  • How does he do it?
  • Swallow hard
  • Since I am now hopeless
  • Bosnia : they'll come for me
  • We are close to our dreams
  • You're either going to win or fall
  • Afghanistan : everything is different--and everything is the same.