The Color of Truth - by Kai Bird (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The acclaimed portrait of McGeorge and William Bundy, two brothers who served as architects of American policy during the Cold War and Vietnam--"a darkly dramatic story, told with sensitivity and political passion, of pride, power, privilege, hubris, and idealism" (Ronald Steel, "The Washington Post"). of photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Grey is the color of truth.</b> <br> So observed Mac Bundy in defending America's intervention in Vietnam. Kai Bird brilliantly captures this ambiguity in his revelatory look at Bundy and his brother William, two of the most influential policymakers of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. It is a portrait of fiercely patriotic, brilliant and brazenly self-confident men who directed a steady escalation of a war they did not believe could be won. Bird draws 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Foreign Affairs</i> The [Vietnam) chapters are first-rate....Bird powerfully shows how the brothers struggled to craft a vital center but built one that could not hold.<br><br>Bruce Nussbaum <i>Business Week</i> Compelling....Along with Halberstam's <i>The Best and the Brightest</i> and <i>The Wise Men</i> by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas, Kai Bird's <i>The Color of Truth</i> forms a trilogy that shows that America, in times of difficulty, finds wise men to lead it. But they often lack the courage of their convictions to do so properly.<br><br>Charles Maechling, Jr. <i>The Boston Globe</i> A fascinating account of how...two archetypes of the best and the brightest helped to shape the policies that led to the debacle of Vietnam.<br><br>Charles Wright <i>Biography Magazine</i> Bird's dual biography offers a vivid, dramatic chronicle Of the genesis, the conduct, and the aftermath of the long, undeclared war in Southeast Asia.<br><br>James G. Blight <i>The Washington Post</i> Balanced, highly original....Bird depicts [the Bundy brothers] with nuance and sympathy.<br><br>Jeff Jones <i>Boston Review</i> Weaving a rich history of government documents-some recently declassified, some still classified -- with interviews and a fresh look at available sources, Bird delivers the definitive assessment of two Cold Warriors.<br><br>Mark Danner <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Bird's sources are well marshaled, and they make for good, sometimes fascinating reading.<br><br>Richard Poster <i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i> An exhaustively researched, elegantly written, scrupulously fair-minded and intellectually tough-minded biography...A masterful achievement.<br><br>Ronald Steel <i>The Washington Post</i> A darkly dramatic story, told with sensitivity and political passion, of pride, power, privilege, hubris and idealism -- not only of the Bundys but of the nation they served.<br><br>Townsend Hoopes <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Keenly perceptive, thoroughly researched, fair and balanced...Bird's detailed account of [the Bundys'] major roles in the Vietnam imbroglio adds significantly to the historical record.<br>
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