Holbrooke, Richard C

Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, born in New York. Holbrooke began his diplomatic career in 1962, serving in the Mekong Delta and the American Embassy in Saigon. He served on President Lyndon Johnson's staff, 1966-1967; was a Peace Corps director, 1970-1972; was managing editor of Foreign Policy, 1972-1976; and served in the Dept. of State in various capacities, 1977-1996. He wrote one volume of the Pentagon Papers, served as special assistant to Undersecretaries of State Nicholas Katzenbach and Elliot Richardson, and was a member of the American delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam. Holbrooke was the chief architect of the Dayton Peace Accords.

From the description of Oral history interview with Richard C. Holbrooke, 1985 Mar. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 45467868

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