false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166338398m/10885.jpg 10885 4 A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, <I>The Wise Men</I> introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: 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. 1205942 1986 The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made total:51|5:17|4:27|3:7|2:0|1:0| 51 214 149 12 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 05 08:32:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 08:32:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 28 08:22:12 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 22 13:45:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 31 07:44:22 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 22 20:52:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:02:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:07:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 06:46:44 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 06:54:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Apr 10 05:44:51 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 05:45:37 -0700 2007 GEORGE KENNAN: Yes, I do, and one of the things that...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jul 29 22:43:39 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 15 18:06:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jul 04 21:00:35 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 21:04:13 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Aug 25 14:01:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:02:38 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Mar 21 20:36:35 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 16:31:02 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Apr 08 22:41:36 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 22:47:00 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:05:14 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:57:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 23:56:26 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 23:56:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 08:25:36 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 08:25:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 23:40:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:40:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 06:07:41 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 06:26:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 06:26:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 11:48:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 11:48:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 12:08:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:08:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 08:43:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 08:43:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 11:04:48 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 11:04:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10885