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In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance they could not explain -- until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood to Washington and beyond. This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement

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. 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 newly unearthed documents, and richly informed by rare interviews with warlords, whistle-blowers, and policymakers—including every living former secretary of state from Henry Kissinger to Hillary Clinton to Rex Tillerson—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.

Amerikas Aussenpolitik dankt ab - und damit auch die Qualität der USA als westliche Führungsmacht. Weil immer mehr zivile Optionen schwinden, bleibt am Ende nur die militärische. Und genau davor warnt der amerikanische Exdiplomat und Pulitzer-Preisträger 2018 Ronan Farrow: Die USA werden zu einer Nation, die zuerst schiesst und erst danach Fragen stellt. Die Aussenpolitik des klassischen Typs - zivile Kanäle zum Zwecke von Friedenspolitik aufzubauen und zu pflegen - steht vor dem Ende. Ronan Farrow weiss, wovon er spricht, denn er war als Diplomat und Sonderberater sowohl in Washington als auch in Afghanistan und dem Nahen Osten tätig. Gestützt auf seine Erfahrungen während seiner aktiven Zeit als Diplomat und seine journalistischen Recherchereisen danach, enthüllt er eine Wende in der US-Aussenpolitik nach dem 11. September 2001, die bisher kaum wahrgenommen, geschweige denn mit ihren gefährlichen Konsequenzen verstanden worden ist. Von den Kriegen in Afghanistan und im Irak über die Krisengebiete Somalia, Syrien und Ägypten bis hin zum Drogenkrieg in Kolumbien zeichnet Farrow an vielen Beispielen die desaströsen Folgen einer Politik nach, die fast nur noch Militärs und Militärberatern die Entscheidung überlässt, mit welchen Kräften vor Ort paktiert wird. (Verlagstext)