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War on Peace
- The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
- Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
The New York Times number three best seller
A book for anyone interested to know more about how the world really works by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow.
US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America’s place in the world. Institutions of diplomacy and development are bleeding out after deep budget cuts; the diplomats who make America’s deals and protect democratic interests around the world are walking out in droves. Offices across the State Department sit empty, while abroad the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. Increasingly, America is a nation that shoots first and asks questions later.
In an astonishing journey from the corridors of power in Washington, DC, to some of the most remote and dangerous places on earth – Afghanistan, Somalia, and North Korea among them acclaimed investigative journalist Ronan Farrow illuminates one of the most consequential and poorly understood changes in American history. His first-hand experience as a former State Department official affords a personal look at some of the last standard bearers of traditional statecraft, including Richard Holbrooke, who made peace in Bosnia and died while trying to do so in Afghanistan.
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 outright malice – but it may just offer a way out of a world at war.
Critic reviews
"Astonishing reporting and gripping prose.... Based on interviews with every living Secretary of State plus dozens of whistle blowers and insiders, this book is an indispensable and fascinating revelation of what diplomats actually do and why undermining them is so dangerous. Farrow is a riveting storyteller with a great eye for colourful characters. This is one of the most important books of our time." (Walter Isaacson)
"Ronan Farrow has scooped us all (again). And it is no wonder. A gifted writer with a powerful intellect and a passion for truth, Farrow has become one of this generation’s finest journalists and War on Peace a book that will be required reading for generations to come. It is perhaps the most riveting and relatable book on foreign policy and diplomacy I have ever read. I have covered these same corridors of diplomatic power, these same bloody war-zones, yet on every page of War on Peace I was astonished by what I learned." (Martha Raddatz, ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent and author of The Long Road Home)
"A masterpiece." (Dan Simpson, Post-Gazette)
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- Snow Angel
- 04-06-18
wow. how brilliant
first rate. a warning to the present about the dangers to the future. lessons from the past.
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- Greta Evans
- 17-01-20
Fantastic
Just a fantastic and extremely interesting read from Ronan Farrow. You know when you read any of his books, you're going to be listening on the edge of every word. Loved it
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- Peter Johnston
- 31-05-18
Fascinating and deeply troubling
An excellent glimpse into the world of foreign affairs that pulls few punches and helps its readers grapple with the lasting repercussions we see both from the sidelining of the State Department to favour the Pentagon and the gutting of the State Department's expertise. Very worrying.
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- Mimof
- 28-06-18
Riveting, enlightening and bleak in equal measure
Brilliantly written, descriptive narrative that takes the reader around the world to understand American diplomacy or lack thereof and look to where it is heading under Trump.
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- spencear
- 17-11-23
Talking history
Ronan Farrow dives deep into the world of Diplomacy. laying out Amarica's move away from a talkative strategy to a harder militaristic one, over the years. Detailed and well-researched, and told in a style which doesn't patronise or leave the listener behind.
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- C
- 15-07-18
Important and eye-opening
Even-handed, laying bare upsetting truths about both Democrat and Republican administrations, but also exposing the Trump White House for the farce that it is, and how its cavalier disregard for diplomacy is putting American lives at risk.
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- Asbjørn
- 23-10-18
Essential listen/reading
This is essential literature for anyone interested in US as well as works politics.
Excellently written and narrated.
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- dermot oshea
- 24-08-20
Surprisingly boring
Not very interesting when it should be!
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