Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
by George Packer
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Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Nancy Pearl and Clara Jeffery
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Richard Holbrooke was brilliant, utterly selfabsorbed, and possessed of almost inhuman energy and appetites. Admired and detested, he was the force behind the Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan wars, America's greatest diplomatic achievement in the postCold War era. His power lay in an utter belief in himself and his idea of a muscular, generou...
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Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014
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