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Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
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Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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The back channel : a memoir of American diplomacy and the case for its renewal / by William J. Burns.
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Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
Random House, 2019.
Call #:
327
.2092
B967b
Subjects
Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956-
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
ISBN:
9780525508861 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Memoir of American diplomacy and the case for its renewal
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
501 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Apprenticeship : the education of a diplomat -- The Baker years : shaping order -- Yeltsin's Russia : the limits of agency -- Jordan's moment of transition : the power of partnership -- Age of terror : the inversion of force and diplomacy -- Putin's disruptions : managing great power trainwrecks -- Obama's long game : bets, pivots, and resets in a post-primacy world -- The Arab spring : when the short game intercedes -- Iran and the bomb : the secret talks -- Pivotal power : restoring America's tool of first resort.
Summary:
"Over the course of more than three decades as an American diplomat, William J. Burns played a central role in the most consequential diplomatic episodes of his time-from the bloodless end of the Cold War to the collapse of post-Cold War relations with Putin's Russia, from post-9/11 tumult in the Middle East to the secret nuclear talks with Iran. In The Back Channel, Burns recounts, with novelistic detail and incisive analysis, some of the seminal moments of his career. Drawing on a trove of newly declassified cables and memos, he gives readers a rare inside look at American diplomacy in action. His dispatches from war-torn Chechnya and Qaddafi's bizarre camp in the Libyan desert and his warnings of the 'Perfect Storm' that would be unleashed by the Iraq War will reshape our understanding of history-and inform the policy debates of the future. Burns sketches the contours of effective American leadership in a world that resembles neither the zero-sum Cold War contest of his early years as a diplomat nor the 'unipolar moment' of American primacy that followed. Ultimately, The Back Channel is an eloquent, deeply informed, and timely story of a life spent in service of American interests abroad. It is also a powerful reminder, in a time of great turmoil, of the enduring importance of diplomacy."--From publisher.
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