Book Presentation: The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World

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Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO of the Institute of International Education (IIE), and the United Nations Association of New York invite you to a book discussion for the recently released publication, The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World. The book will be presented by special guest Kati Marton, an award-winning former NPR and ABC News Correspondent and the wife of Ambassador Holbrooke.

The event will take place on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Institute of International Education in New York City (809 United Nations Plaza, 1st Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets).

To R.S.V.P., contact IIE at lepplin@iie.org.

About the Event
Richard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010, was a pivotal player in U.S. diplomacy for more than 40 years. Most recently Special Envoy for Iraq and Afghanistan under President Obama, Holbrooke also served as Assistant Secretary of State for both Asia and Europe, and as Ambassador to both Germany and the United Nations. He had a key role in brokering a peace agreement among warring factions in Bosnia that led to the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995.

The Unquiet American is both a tribute to an exceptional public servant and a backstage history of the last half-century of American foreign policy. Widely regarded to possess one of the most penetrating minds of any modern diplomat of any nation, Holbrooke was also well known for his outsized personality, and his capacity to charm and offend in equally colossal measures. In this book, the friends and colleagues who knew him best survey his accomplishments as a diplomat, activist, and author. Excerpts from Holbrooke's own writings further illuminate each significant period of his career.

At the event the special guest will be Mr. Holbrooke's wife, author and journalist Kati Marton, who will share her memories of her late husband's life, career, and their marriage together.