From one of Americas greatest nonfiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2020Richard Holbrooke was one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history. Brilliant, utterly selfabsorbed, and possessed of almost inhuman energy and appetites, he was both admired and detested. From his days as a young adviser in Vietnam to his last efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, Holbrooke embodied the postwar American impulse to take the lead on the global stage. He was the force behind the Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan wars, Americas greatest diplomatic achievement in the postCold War era. His power lay in an utter belief in himself and his idea of a muscular, generous foreign policy. But his sharp elbows and tireless selfpromotion ensured that he never rose to the highest levels in government that he so desperately coveted. Holbrookes story is the story of the rise and fall of America during its era of supremacy its strength, drive, and sense of possibility, as well as its penchant for overreach and heedless selfconfidence. Drawing on Holbrookes diaries and papers, George Packers narrative is both intimate and epic in its revelatory portrait of this extraordinary and deeply flawed man, and the elite spheres of society and government he inhabited.A GUARDIAN,...

Binding: Paperback;624 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: BGH; Weight: 556 g; Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 43

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