The back channel : A memoir of American diplomacy and the case for its renewal / William J. Burns
Imprint
New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition
First edition
Descript
501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
CONTENT
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