Latest Nonfiction Book and authors, cspan2 created by americas Television Company as a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo i am judy would read and i am thrilled to be joining these three amazing offer authors, yoe them on the screen, george packer, Richard Holbrook the end of the American Century and Susan Glasser and peter baker whose book is out this fall, the man who ran washington, the life and times of James A Baker the third period two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart, baker in houston in 1930, holbrook in manhattan in 1941, baker republican trained as a lawyer, holbrook a democrat, Foreign Service officer, student of Foreign Policy, their lives to very different project trees but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even was there before he came to w
Whose book just out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james baker the third. Of two brilliant books about it too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930 and holbrook 1941 holbrook a democrat, student of Foreign Policy. Their lives had different trajectories but they both ended up in washington. Picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even before he came to washington. He was expected to do great things. He had a very dominating father who imparted on him the legacy of his family. One thing they were not meant to do his politics. They break away from his fathers domination and at age 40 he suffers a great family tragedy. His wife dies of cancer and the tennis court helps pick him up from the George Hw Bush on a whole different odyssey that put them in the center of world events. Host george im going to be going back and forth because the stories of the books are so rich we could go so many Differ