Podcasts that mention 📚 The wise men: Six friends and the world they made by Walter Isaacson, Evan Thomas

He was smart enough to understand this is the guy I have to talk to, and not only did he talk to him during the day, but Walter Isaacson described in The Wise Men how at the end of every day, Truman would make his staff get in the car and drive over to Vandenberg’s townhouse and brief him on everything they had done that day.

Joe Scarborough references Walter Isaacson's book 'The Wise Men' while describing how President Truman would brief Senator Vandenberg at the end of each day to build consensus and bipartisan support after WWII. This illustrates Truman's political acumen.

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