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Our Man Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century

George Packer

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography* Richard Holbrooke was brilliant, utterly self-absorbed, 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...

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The Ezra Klein Show

George Packer's biography of diplomat Richard Holbrook was mentioned and described as being written in the style of a novel.

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George Packer's biography of the diplomat Richard Holbrook. The book is written in the style of a novel.

— Episode: How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apar...

Episode: How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart

George Packer's biography of diplomat Richard Holbrook was mentioned and described as being written in the style of a novel.

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George Packer's biography of the diplomat Richard Holbrook. The book is written in the style of a novel.

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It was discussed at length as a biography of Richard Holbrooke, a prominent American diplomat, and focused on his character, ambition and impact on American foreign policy during the American century.

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Congratulations on your book, the latest of many books, as we were discussing just before we started recording. This book, Our Man, Richard Holbrook and the End of the American Century.

— Episode: End of the American Century (with George...

Episode: End of the American Century (with George Packer)

It was discussed at length as a biography of Richard Holbrooke, a prominent American diplomat, and focused on his character, ambition and impact on American foreign policy during the American century.

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Congratulations on your book, the latest of many books, as we were discussing just before we started recording. This book, Our Man, Richard Holbrook and the End of the American Century.

George Packer's latest book is about the storied and sometimes infamous diplomat Richard Holbrooke.

Through nearly six decades of public service and multiple administrations, the story of Holbrooke's complicated rise and fall resonates in discussions about American politics and principles today.

Everyone, please go get your copy of George Packer's Our Man, Richard Holbrook and the End of the American Century.

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