{"product_id":"the-color-of-truth-mcgeorge-bundy-and-william-bundy-brothers-in-arms-paperback","title":"The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKai Bird\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus\u003c\/i\u003e--this biography of the Bundy Brothers inspired the Academy Award-winning film \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Wise Men\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKai Bird is an acclaimed biographer and journalist. With Martin J. Sherwin, he won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the inspiration for Christopher Nolan's Academy Award-winning Best Picture, \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e. Bird is Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. He has won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Duff Cooper Prize for History and is the recipient of numerous fellowships. His work includes critical writings on the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the CIA. He is an elected member of the prestigious Society of American Historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 9.12 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47970006663416,"sku":"9780684856445","price":40.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/24KgilM-PH9780684856445.webp?v=1783096058","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-color-of-truth-mcgeorge-bundy-and-william-bundy-brothers-in-arms-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}