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Matthew Palmer

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Matthew Palmer is a twenty-five-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, currently serving as the director for multilateral affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Asian and Pacific Affairs. Palmer has worked as a diplomat all over the world, but his ties to the Balkans are especially deep. In addition to a serving as the desk officer for rump Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) through the end of the 1999 Kosovo conflict, Palmer was posted twice to the American Embassy in Belgrade, initially as a first-tour officer at the height of the war in Bosnia and, more recently, as political counselor. In that position, he played a leading role in securing the “April 19 Agreement” that started Ser ...more

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The American Mission

3.68 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions
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The Wolf of Sarajevo

3.78 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions
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Secrets of State

3.74 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions
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Enemy of the Good

3.69 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions
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Traumatic

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“Never underestimate a man who is defending his home.”
Matthew Palmer, The American Mission

“Where’s the line, Sarah? What separates an informal effort from a rogue operation?” “Success,” she countered. “And secrecy.”
Matthew Palmer, The Wolf of Sarajevo

“Masood was a strict vegetarian so there was no tandoori. Instead, the meal featured sarson da saag made with green mustard leaves and eaten with corn-flour roti, dal makhani—a dish of lentils with cream—and a thick stew of red beans and rice called rajma.”
Matthew Palmer, Secrets of State

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