The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson
The Wise Menintroduces the originalbest and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to post-war chaos:Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marshall: George Kennan, self-cast outsider and intellectual darling of the Washington elite; Robert Lovett, assistant secretary of war, undersecretary of state, and secretary of defence throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.
“A wealth of new information and insights on the people and events that shaped the first four decades of the Cold War” * The Boston Globe *
“Must be read if we are to understand the postwar world.” -- Robert A. Caro, author of Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
“Isaacson and Thomas have fashioned a Cold War Plutarch.” * San Francisco Chronicle *
“A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period.” * New York Times Book Review *
“Must be read if we are to understand the postwar world.” -- Robert A. Caro, author of Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
“Isaacson and Thomas have fashioned a Cold War Plutarch.” * San Francisco Chronicle *
“A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period.” * New York Times Book Review *
Walter Isaacson is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, an international nonprofit organization designed to promote enlightened leadership and dialogue in contemporary issues. He was the Chairman and the CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time. Isaacson wrote the well-received Einstein: His Life and Universe (Simon & Schuster), for which he had access to previously unavailable papers belonging to Einstein. He has also written Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography, both published by Simon & Schuster, and was the consultant for the 2008 BBC/HBO drama Einstein and Eddington. His work has been published in the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan and China. In 2007, Isaacson became a columnist for Time. He lives in Washington DC.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451683226 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451683227 |
| Title | The Wise Men |
| Author | Walter Isaacson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster |
| Year published | 2012-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
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