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s/t: Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar 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 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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The Wise Men, Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- The Wise Men
- Subtitle
- Six Friends and the World They Made
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0671504657
- ISBN13
- 9780671504656
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Politicians' Biographies, American History
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- s/t: Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar 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 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.