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The Man Who Ran Washington The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

Peter Baker

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House without his advice. James Addison Baker III was the indispensable man for four presidents because he understood better t...

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The Ezra Klein Show

Aaron David Miller highlighted the book as one of his top recommendations for learning how to conduct successful diplomacy in the Middle East, noting that it offered real lessons from the career of James A. Baker III. He placed it alongside another key work on the subject, emphasizing its relevance for understanding diplomatic strategy.

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Episode: A New Middle East?

Miller listed the book as one of his recommended reads for understanding how to conduct successful diplomacy in the Middle East.

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I have two books on how to do successful Middle East diplomacy. Since that's kind of what we're talking about. Martin Indig's Master of the Game, Henry Kissinger in the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, and Peter Baker in Sudden Glasser's Masterful, The Man Who Ran Washington, The Life and Times of James Baker. Those are two books I would recommend about--there are real lessons there-- about how to do successful diplomacy.

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