The wise men

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A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, 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 order to the postwar chaos and leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day: 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 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 throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation’s most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.

subjects: Biography,  Foreign relations,  Statesmen,  Relaciones exteriores,  International Relations,  Diplomatic History,  Politics - Current Events,  Biography/Autobiography,  United States,  20th century,  Diplomatic relations,  Statesmen, biography,  Statesmen, united states,  United states, foreign relations, 20th century,  Kennan, george f. (george frost) , 1904-2005,  Acheson, dean , 1893-1971,  Bohlen, charles e. (charles eustis) , 1904-1974,  Lovett, robert a. (robert abercrombie) , 1895-1986,  Harriman, w. averell (william averell) , 1891-1986,  Mccloy, john j. (john jay) , 1895-1989,  Statesmen--united states--biography,  E747 .i77 1986,  327.2/092/2

People: Charles E. Bohlen (1904-1974),  Dean Acheson (1893-1971),  Robert A. Lovett (1895-1986),  W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986),  John J. McCloy (1895-1989),  George F. Kennan (1904-2005)

Places: United States,  EE.UU

Times: 20th century,  Siglo XX