
Chairman: John J. McCloy & the Making of the American Establishment - Paperback
by Kai Bird
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781501170645ISBN-10:1501170643UPC:9781501170645Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, Political ProcessBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 2.02 inchesWeight:2.2311Product ID:SCDN3GQBK0
Chairman: John J. McCloy & the Making of the American Establishment
Against the backgrounds of World War II, the Cold War, the construction of Pax Americana, the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and Vietnam, Bird shows us McCloy's astonishing rise from self-described "chore boy" to "chairman of the Establishment." His powerful circle shaped the postwar globe. But McCloy stood out among them as a towering figure of achievement: as a Wall Street...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781501170645ISBN-10:1501170643UPC:9781501170645Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, Political ProcessBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 2.02 inchesWeight:2.2311Product ID:SCDN3GQBK0
Kai Bird is the coauthor with Martin J. Sherwin of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which was the inspiration for the film Oppenheimer, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. His other books include The Chairman: John J. McCloy, the Making of the American Establishment, The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy &...
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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