智者
The wise men
Walter Isaacson、Evan Thomas · 初版 1986 年
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The Wise Men 将个人传记与公众戏剧精彩交织，介绍了在二战后凶险年代中塑造国家角色定位的六位密友。他们是最初的“出类拔萃之辈”，其卓越的才智、鲜明的个性以及充满戏剧性的行动，为战后混乱带来了秩序，并留下了至今仍主导美国政策的遗产：随心所欲的外交家、罗斯福派往丘吉尔和斯大林身边的特使 Averell Harriman；对 Truman Doctrine 起到决定性作用的国务卿 Dean Acheson……
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……作为俄罗斯和西欧之间的缓冲区。这看起来很合情理：德军当年都打到了莫斯科郊外，在战争中死去的俄罗斯人多得难以置信。我强烈强烈推荐《智者》（The Wise Men）[1]。[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Kennan#Academic_care... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Men-Friends-World-They/dp/147672...
…buffer between Russia and western Europe. Which seems reasonable: German forces had reached the outskirts of Moscow and an unbelievable number of Russians died in the war. I highly highly recommend the Wise Men [1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Kennan#Academic_care... [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Men-Friends-World-They/dp/147672...
……John Gertner 写的《创意工厂》（The Idea Factory），讲贝尔实验室的历史 * Jimmy Soni 和 Rob Goodman 写的《玩心智造》（A Mind at Play），讲克劳德·香农（Claude Shannon）* Evan Thomas 写的《艾克的虚张声势》（Ike’s Bluff），讲德怀特·艾森豪威尔 * 沃尔特·艾萨克森和 Evan Thomas 写的《智者》（The Wise Men），讲杜鲁门政府时期的外交官们。比起历史类书籍，我往往对记者写的关于某个特定主题的书持怀疑态度……
…The Idea Factory, by John Gertnee, about the history of Bell Labs * A mind at play, by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman, about Claude Shannon * Ike’s bluff, by Evan Thomas, about Dwight Eisenhower * The Wise Men, by Walter Isacsson and Evan Thomas, about diplomats during the Truman administration I tend to be more skeptical about books written by journalists that relate to some specific topic rather than historical…
我读过艾萨克森很久以前和别人合著的《智者》（The Wise Men），觉得写得大师风范、引人入胜且内容详实。Siracusa 对乔布斯传的主要质疑之一就是，艾萨克森对技术的理解不够深，无法分辨出……
I read Isaacson's long-ago book The Wise Men (written with a coauthor) and found it masterful, engaging, and comprehensive. One of Siracusa's main objections to the Jobs bio is that Isaacson does not understand technology enough to separate the…