{"product_id":"9780007575640_war-on-peace-the-end-of-diplomacy-and-the-decline-of-american-influence","title":"War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book for anyone interested to know more about how the world really works by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘This is one of the most important books of our time.’ Walter Isaacson\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘A masterpiece’ Dan Simpson, Post-Gazette \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES #3 BESTSELLER\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUS 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 – \u003cem\u003eWar on Peace\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ronan Farrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285416755349,"sku":"9780007575640","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007575640.jpg?v=1776992149","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007575640_war-on-peace-the-end-of-diplomacy-and-the-decline-of-american-influence","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}