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The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kai BirdPublish date:2000-06-21Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780684856445ISBN-10:684856441UPC:9780684856445Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, Political ProcessBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.12 x 5.96 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.6623Product ID:SC8PKYVMG4
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of American Prometheus--this biography of the Bundy Brothers inspired the Academy Award-winning film Oppenheimer.

In this definitive biography of McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, two of "the best and the brightest" who advised presidents about peace and war during the most dangerous years of the Cold War, Kai Bird pens a portrait of the fiercely patriotic, brilliant, and brazenly self-confident men who directed a steady escalation of a war they did not believe could be won.

Drawing on seven years of research, nearly one hundred interviews, and scores of still-classified top secret documents in a masterful reevaluation of America's actions throughout the Cold War and Vietnam, The Color of Truth tells the tale of the anti-communist liberals who, despite their grave doubts about sending Americans to fight in Southeast Asia, became key architects of America's war in Vietnam.

Like the bestselling The Wise Men, this dual biography is both an inside account of the making of US foreign policy in an era of nuclear weapons and a stunning group portrait of the heirs of the Wise Men--including Robert McNamara, George Ball, and Robert Kennedy--and the presidents they served.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780684856445ISBN-10:684856441UPC:9780684856445Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, Political ProcessBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.12 x 5.96 x 1.26 inchesWeight:1.6623Product ID:SC8PKYVMG4
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 & William Bundy, Brothers in Arms, and The Outlier. Bird is the winner of the 2024 BIO Award for his contributions to the art and craft of biography. His many other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the German Marshall Fund, and the Rockefeller Foundation. A contributing editor of The Nation, he lives in Kathmandu, Nepal, with his wife and son.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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