The Wise Men

by Walter Isaacson

First published 2013

As WWII ends, six brilliant minds converge to guide a new president. Harriman, Acheson, Kennan and others forge a strategy to contain Soviet expansion, setting the stage for the Cold War. But their personal rivalries and conflicting visions threaten to upend the fragile global order they're trying to build. In this gripping true story, the choices of these "wise men" would reverberate for generations.

Genres: biography, history, american-fiction, 20th-century, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, academic

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: United States

Period: 20th Century

864 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster

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