Book Review — The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal

Book Review — The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
Book Author: William J. Burns
Reviewer: Richard J. Schmierer
Reviewer Title: President and chairman of the board, Middle East Policy Council; former ambassador to Oman
Publishing Info: Random House, 2019. 501 pages. $32.00, hardcover.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561709/the-back-channel-by-william-j-burns/

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