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Jun 4, 2013 · When coupled with the compelling story of six members of “The Establishment” and their (mostly) selfless contributions to international problem solving from the ‘40’s to the ‘80’s, this book puts today’s World into historical perspective.
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- Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas
- Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas
Jan 1, 2001 · Fascinating book about how government used to work. Isaacson follows 6 men who made US post-war foreign policy. He explores how they worked together and argued and learned, and the networks they built and nurtured. Isaacson shows the strengths of these networks and the weaknesses.
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The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made is a non-fiction book authored by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas. Published by Simon & Schuster in 1986, it describes the actions of a group of U.S. federal government officials and members of the East Coast foreign policy establishment.
- Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas
- 1986
Mar 10, 2020 · A blend of personal biography and public drama, it 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 Tr...
Feb 28, 2012 · 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.
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- Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas
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Jun 4, 1997 · The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized...
May 8, 2012 · With a new Introduction by the authors, this is the classic account of the American statesmen who rebuilt the world after the catastrophe of World War II. Six close friends...
