The wise men: Six friends and the world they made : Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy - Hardcover

Isaacson, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571146066 ISBN 13: 9780571146062

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1986

Synopsis

Here is the unanimously acclaimed collective biography of the six extraordinary men who shaped U.S. policy after World War II. They were the original best and brightest, men whose outsized personalities and dramatic actions brought order to postwar chaos. 48 black-and-white photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.

Review:

"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 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 fashioneda Cold War Plutarch. "The New York Times Book Review"A richly textured account of a class and of a historical period.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0571146066
• ISBN 13: 9780571146062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 853