06-10-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com

Book Review: ‘Brink,’ by Brett McGurk

In “Brink,” the U.S. diplomat Brett McGurk gives a diaristic account of his work with the Biden and Trump administrations in the wake of the Hamas attack.
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