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Richard Holbrooke on the Dayton Peace Accords

As the world mourns Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, it's worth turning again to his compelling book To End a War, in which he recounts the final two days when the Dayton peace conference was on the point of collapse.

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Then Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke escorts Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic who arrived at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio for the start of the Yugoslav peace talks on October 31, 1995. (AP Photo / Beth A. Keiser)

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