The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III is the definitive biography of the White House chief of staff and secretary of state, the indispensable go-to for four presidents when the world still looked at the head of the United States as a global leader. Husband-and-wife authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser do a deep dive into the meteoric rise of a man who was nearly 40 before he became involved in politics and an indispensable policy advisor. Journalist Michael Grunwald, author of The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, joins them.
In Conversation: The Power Behind the Presidents: James A. Baker III
In Conversation: The Power Behind the Presidents: James A. Baker III
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Susan Glasser
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker are longtime Washington journalists who have written about the intersection of politics and the world. Baker is chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and an MSNBC political analyst. He has covered four presidents and is author or co-author of six books, including Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House. Glasser is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the weekly “Letter from Trump’s Washington” as well as a global affairs analyst for CNN. She previously was the editor of POLITICO and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
Peter Baker
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser are longtime Washington journalists who have written about the intersection of politics and the world. Baker is chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and an MSNBC political analyst. He has covered four presidents and is author or co-author of six books, including Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House. Glasser is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the weekly “Letter from Trump’s Washington” as well as a global affairs analyst for CNN. She previously was the editor of POLITICO and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine.
Michael Grunwald
Michael Grunwald is an American journalist and author. He worked for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Time magazine and is the senior staff writer at Politico magazine. He won the George Polk Award for national reporting, and the Worth Bingham Award for investigative reporting. His books include The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise and The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era.
