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1941–2010 United States

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (24 April 1941 - 13 December 2010) was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, investment banker, and historian.

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You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan.

To conservative Americans, he was anathema, an American turncoat. To Greeks, both those who followed him and those who hated him, he was the dominant political figure of the era.

"I tell you," he [Milosevic] continued, "Izetbegovic has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his". These words were probably the most astonishing and unexpected of the conference.

To End a War (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Holbrooke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.