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. We’re becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later. Offices across the State Department sit empty, while abroad the military-industrial complex has assumed the work once undertaken by peacemakers. 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.

US foreign policy is undergoing a dire transformation, forever changing America’s place in the world. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and IndieBound bestsellerĪ new, revised and updated edition of a modern classic of foreign policy, a harrowing exploration of the collapse of American diplomacy and the abdication of global leadership, by the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.

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