TY - BOOK AU - Packer,George TI - Our man: Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century SN - 9780307958020 AV - E840.8.H64 P33 2019 PY - 2019///] CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Holbrooke, Richard C., KW - Diplomats KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Ambassadors KW - Statesmen N1 - "A Borzoi book."; Includes bibliographical references; Dreams so far away -- Vietnam how can we lose when we're so sincere? -- How does he do it? -- Swallow hard -- Since I am now hopeless -- Bosnia they'll come for me -- We are close to our dreams -- You're either going to win or fall -- Afghanistan everything is different - and everything is the same -- Epilogue N2 - Draws on firsthand writings in a narrative portrait of the influential American diplomat that explores how his achievements over half a century of history were complicated by his political ambitions ER -