The Chairman: John J McCloy & The Making of the American Establishment

“Exhaustively researched and remarkably evenhanded.” — The New York Times “Absorbing…the definitive life story.” — Kirkus Reviews “A fascinating study.” — Los Angeles Times In The Chairman , the authoritative biography of John J. McCloy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kai Bird chronicles the life of the man labeled “the most influential private citizen in America.” Against the backgrounds of World War II, the Cold War, the construction of Pax Americana, the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assas