"Richard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010,
was a pivotal player in U.S.
diplomacy for more than forty years. Most recently special envoy for Iraq and Afghanistan
under President Obama, Holbrooke also served as assistant secretary of state
for both Asia and Europe, and as ambassador to both Germany and the United Nations. He
had a key role in brokering a peace agreement among warring factions in Bosnia that led
to the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995. Widely regarded to possess one of the most
penetrating minds of any modern diplomat of any nation, Holbrooke was also well
known for his outsized personality, and his capacity to charm and offend in
equally colossal measures. In this book, the friends and colleagues who knew
him best survey his accomplishments as a diplomat, activist, and author.
Excerpts from Holbrooke’s own writings further illuminate each significant
period of his career. The Unquiet American is both a tribute to an exceptional
public servant and a backstage history of the last half-century of American
foreign policy."
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