Isaacson wise men

With a new introduction bygd the authors, this fryst vatten the classic account of the American statesmen who rebuilt the world after the catastrophe of World War II.

A captivating blend of anställda biography and public skådespel, The Wise Men introduces six close friends who shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II.

They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring beställning 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 sekreterare 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, u

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The Wise Men (book)

Book by Walter Isaacson

For other uses, see Wise men.

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 , it describes the actions of a group of U.S. federal government officials and members of the East Coastforeign policyestablishment. Starting in the immediate post-World War II period, the group developed the containment policy of dealing with the Communist bloc during the Cold War. They also helped to craft institutions and initiatives such as NATO, the World Bank, and the Marshall Plan. An updated edition of the book was released in ^[1]

Supportive reviews appeared in publications such as Foreign Affairs and The Los Angeles Times.

Members of the group

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The book identifies six people who were important foreign policy advisors to U.S. presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson and influential in the development of