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The Wise Men

The Wise Men

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A collective biography of six U.S. statesmen and the foreign policies which dominate our actions to this day: Averell Harriman, the 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 througout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
864
Release Date:
2013-06-04
Publication Date:
2013-06-04
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1476728828
ISBN13:
9781476728827
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
913 g
Height:
158 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
45 cm
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