The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made: Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, Mccloy - Tapa blanda

"The New York Times Book Review"A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period. "San Francisco Chronicle"Entertaining and lively....Isaacson and Thomas have fashioneda Cold War Plutarch. "The Boston Globe"A wealth of new information and insights on the people and events that shaped the first four decades of the Cold War. Robert A. Caroauthor of "Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson"Journalism at the heights! Scintillating....Must be read if weare to understand the postwar world. "The Boston Globe" A wealth of new information and insights on the people and events that shaped the first four decades of the Cold War. "San Francisco Chronicle" Entertaining and lively....Isaacson and Thomas have fashioned a Cold War Plutarch. "The New York Times Book Review" A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period. Robert A. Caro author of "Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" Journalism at the heights! Scintillating....Must be read if we are to understand the postwar world. Robert A. Caroauthor of "Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson" Journalism at the heights! Scintillating....Must be read if we are to understand the postwar world. "The Boston Globe"A wealth of new information and insights on the people and events that shaped the first four decades of the Cold War. "San Francisco Chronicle"Entertaining and lively....Isaacson and Thomas have fashioned a Cold War Plutarch. "The New York Times Book Review"A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period.

A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest: Averell Harriman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, George Kenan, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, John McCloy, and Ambassador to the Soviet Union Charles Bohlen.