![]() Given Holbrooke’s imperial pro-consular style and his orchestration of the failed Dayton accords, one could scarcely find a worse emissary- unless Washington really wanted a fight rather than a solution. The “free agent” diplomacy of Richard Holbrooke was almost designed to convince Belgrade that Washington was looking for a fight rather than a solution. Such a slim volume obviously cannot be comprehensive, but some important themes do need more attention: ![]() Here is the question of questions: what happens to the American Republic in our conduct of Madeleine Albright’s “virtuous power”? The most essential chapter of all is Stanley Kober’s erudite examination of the constitutional issues when the White House initiates war without so much as a “by your leave” to Congress.
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