The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They MadeThis “engrossing narrative” examines the six American statesmen who rebuilt the world after WWII—with a new introduction by the authors (The New York Times). Blending personal biography and geopolitical history, Wise Men introduces six close friends who used their power and influence to shape the role their country would play in the dangerous years following the Second World War. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos and leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. The Wise Men shares the stories of 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 defense 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. |
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... Crisis / " Will Russia move first ? " 16. " A Different World " / Of Super bombs and primitives 17. War / " No weakness of purpose here " 18. Nadir / Disaster at the Yalu 19. Exile / The wilderness years Three WISE MEN 20. Passing the ...
... Crisis / " Will Russia move first ? " 16. " A Different World " / Of Super bombs and primitives 17. War / " No weakness of purpose here " 18. Nadir / Disaster at the Yalu 19. Exile / The wilderness years Three WISE MEN 20. Passing the ...
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... crisis , the elder statesman nodded toward a photograph near Bundy's desk and intoned that " the best service we can perform for the President is to try to approach this as Colonel Stimson would . " That , in fact , might be the truest ...
... crisis , the elder statesman nodded toward a photograph near Bundy's desk and intoned that " the best service we can perform for the President is to try to approach this as Colonel Stimson would . " That , in fact , might be the truest ...
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... crisis . Although their belief in the ideals of democracy was not always evenly applied , they were sincerely repulsed by the tyrannical tactics of the Kremlin and understandably anxious to keep them from spreading . In their minds ...
... crisis . Although their belief in the ideals of democracy was not always evenly applied , they were sincerely repulsed by the tyrannical tactics of the Kremlin and understandably anxious to keep them from spreading . In their minds ...
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Contents
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World CourtsMcCloy and Acheson before the | |
A Pretty Good ClubKennan and Bohlen in the Foreign Service | |
On Active ServiceEnlisting in a noble cause | |
Heavenly Twins McCloy and Lovett at the War Department | |
Missions to MoscowHarriman Acheson Bohlen and Kennan wrestle with a biting bear | |
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The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made Walter Isaacson,Evan Thomas No preview available - 2013 |
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