War on Peace

Den Pulitzer-vindende journalist, Ronan Farrow, undersøger i "War on Peace" USA's rolle i verden i dag, hvor landets magtfulde indflydelse langsomt forsvinder Amerikansk udenrigspolitik undergår en alvorlig transformation, der for altid vil ændre Amerikas plads i verden. De diplomatiske institutioner bløder efter store skæringer i budgettet, og diplomaterne, som beskytter demokratiske interesser i hele verden forlader en efter en deres embede. USA er i stigende grad blevet en nation, der skyder først og stiller spørgsmål bagefter. I en overrumplende rejse fra magtens korridorer i Washington DC til nogle af verdens mest afsides og farlige steder som Afghanistan, Somalien og Nord Korea undersøger Ronan Farrow en af de vigtigste og underbelyste forandringer i amerikansk historie. Med afsløringen af nye dokumenter og sjældne interviews med krigsherrer, whistleblowers og politiske beslutningstagere argumenterer Ronan Farrow i "War on Peace" for at diplomatiet efter dekader af politisk fejhed, kortsigtede planer og til tider onde hensigter er gået i forfald. Men måske kan det give muligheden for en verden uden krig?

Den Pulitzer-vindende journalist, Ronan Farrow, undersøger i "War on Peace" USA's rolle i verden i dag, hvor landets magtfulde indflydelse langsomt forsvinder Amerikansk udenrigspolitik undergår en alvorlig transformation, der for altid vil ændre Amerikas plads i verden. De diplomatiske institutioner bløder efter store skæringer i budgettet, og diplomaterne, som beskytter demokratiske interesser i hele verden forlader en efter en deres embede. USA er i stigende grad blevet en nation, der skyder først og stiller spørgsmål bagefter. I en overrumplende rejse fra magtens korridorer i Washington DC til nogle af verdens mest afsides og farlige steder som Afghanistan, Somalien og Nord Korea undersøger Ronan Farrow en af de vigtigste og underbelyste forandringer i amerikansk historie. Med afsløringen af nye dokumenter og sjældne interviews med krigsherrer, whistleblowers og politiske beslutningstagere argumenterer Ronan Farrow i "War on Peace" for at diplomatiet efter dekader af politisk fejhed, kortsigtede planer og til tider onde hensigter er gået i forfald. Men måske kan det give muligheden for en verden uden krig?

US 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 its citizens 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. We're becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later. In 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 firsthand 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. Drawing on recently unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with whistle-blowers, a warlord, and policymakers-including every living former secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson-and now updated with revealing firsthand accounts from inside Donald Trump's confrontations with diplomats during his impeachment and candid testimonials from officials in Joe Biden's inner circle, War on Peace makes a powerful case for an endangered profession. Diplomacy, Farrow argues, has declined after decades of political cowardice, shortsightedness, and outright malice-but it may just offer America a way out of a world at war.

US 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 its citizens 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. We're becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later. In 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 firsthand 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. Drawing on recently unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with whistle-blowers, a warlord, and policymakers-including every living former secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson-and now updated with revealing firsthand accounts from inside Donald Trump's confrontations with diplomats during his impeachment and candid testimonials from officials in Joe Biden's inner circle, War on Peace makes a powerful case for an endangered profession. Diplomacy, Farrow argues, has declined after decades of political cowardice, shortsightedness, and outright malice-but it may just offer America a way out of a world at war.