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The Back Channel : a Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, William J. (William Joseph), 1956- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Burns, William J. > (William Joseph), > 1956-
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.