TY - BOOK AU - Farrow,Ronan TI - War on peace: the end of diplomacy and the decline of American influence SN - 9780393652109 AV - JZ1480 .F37 2018 U1 - 327.73 23 PY - 2018///] CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - United States KW - Department of State KW - Diplomacy KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century KW - Foreign relations administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-375) and index; Prologue: Mahogany Row Massacre -- The last diplomats -- American myths -- Lady Taliban -- Dick -- The Mango Case -- The other Haqqani network -- Duplicity -- The frat house -- Mission: Impossible -- Walking on glass -- Farmer Holbrooke -- A little less conversation -- A-Rod -- Promise me you'll end the war -- The wheels come off the bus -- The memo -- The real thing -- Shoot first -- Ask questions never -- General rule -- Dostum, he is telling the truth -- And discouraging all lies -- White Beast -- The shortest spring -- Midnight at the ranch -- Present at the destruction -- The state of the Secretary -- The mosquito and the sword -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: The tool of first resort ER -