{"product_id":"9780375753602","title":"To End a War: The Conflict in Yugoslavia--America's Inside Story--Negotiating with Milosevic","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHolbrooke, Richard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModern Library\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/25\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen President Clinton sent Richard Holbrooke to Bosnia as America's chief negotiator  in late 1995, he took a gamble that would eventually redefine his presidency. But  there was no saying then, at the height of the war, that Holbrooke's mission would  succeed. The odds were strongly against it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs passionate as he was controversial,  Holbrooke believed that the only way to bring peace to the Balkans was through a  complex blend of American leadership, aggressive and creative diplomacy, and a willingness  to use force, if necessary, in the cause for peace. This was not a universally popular  view. Resistance was fierce within the United Nations and the chronically divided  Contact Group, and in Washington, where many argued that the United States should  not get more deeply involved. This book is Holbrooke's gripping inside account of  his mission, of the decisive months when, belatedly and reluctantly but ultimately  decisively, the United States reasserted its moral authority and leadership and ended  Europe's worst war in over half a century. To End a War reveals many important new  details of how America made this historic decision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat George F. Kennan  has called Holbrooke's \"heroic efforts\" were shaped by the enormous tragedy with  which the mission began, when three of his four team members were killed during their  first attempt to reach Sarajevo. In Belgrade, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Paris, Athens, and  Ankara, and throughout the dramatic roller-coaster ride at Dayton, he tirelessly  imposed, cajoled, and threatened in the quest to stop the killing and forge a peace  agreement. Holbrooke's portraits of the key actors, from officials in the White House  and the Élysée Palace to the leaders in the Balkans, are sharp and unforgiving. His  explanation of how the United States was finally forced to intervene breaks important  new ground, as does his discussion of the near disaster in the early period of the  implementation of the Dayton agreement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo End a War is a brilliant portrayal  of high-wire, high-stakes diplomacy in one of the toughest negotiations of modern  times. A classic account of the uses and misuses of American power, its lessons go  far beyond the boundaries of the Balkans and provide a powerful argument for continued  American leadership in the modern world.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42914139668735,"sku":"9780375753602","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375753602_s600x595.jpg?v=1775585846","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375753602","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}