Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by C-SPAN. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by C-SPAN or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Ep. 195 Evan Thomas, "The Wise Men"

58:59
 
Share
 

Manage episode 453365770 series 2978912
Content provided by C-SPAN. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by C-SPAN or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

A book called "The Wise Men" was first published in 1986. The cover copy says that "it was about six friends and the world they made." The names Harriman, Lovett, Acheson, McCloy, Kennan, and Bohlen are only to be found in the history books today. Co-authors Evan Thomas and Walter Isaacson were in their mid-thirties. In the updated 2012 introduction to the paperback, they wrote: "In their time, the wise men operated largely behind the scenes, little known by the public, but they achieved great things." According to Thomas and Isaacson, those great things included the shaping of the world order today, the creation of international institutions, and the forging of lasting peace in a perilous time. We asked Evan Thomas, now in his 70s: Who are the wise men of today?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

223 episodes

Artwork

Ep. 195 Evan Thomas, "The Wise Men"

Booknotes+

56 subscribers

published

iconShare
 
Manage episode 453365770 series 2978912
Content provided by C-SPAN. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by C-SPAN or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

A book called "The Wise Men" was first published in 1986. The cover copy says that "it was about six friends and the world they made." The names Harriman, Lovett, Acheson, McCloy, Kennan, and Bohlen are only to be found in the history books today. Co-authors Evan Thomas and Walter Isaacson were in their mid-thirties. In the updated 2012 introduction to the paperback, they wrote: "In their time, the wise men operated largely behind the scenes, little known by the public, but they achieved great things." According to Thomas and Isaacson, those great things included the shaping of the world order today, the creation of international institutions, and the forging of lasting peace in a perilous time. We asked Evan Thomas, now in his 70s: Who are the wise men of today?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

223 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Listen to this show while you explore
Play