The Last Brahmin Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. And The Making of The Cold War By Luke A. Nichter
Based on new archival discoveries, the first biography of a man who was at
the center of U.S. foreign policy for a generation
Few have ever enjoyed the degree of foreign-policy influence and versatility that Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. did—in the postwar era, perhaps only George Marshall, Henry Kissinger, and James Baker. Lodge, however, had the distinction of wielding that influence under presidents of both parties. For three decades, he was at the center of American foreign policy, serving as advisor to five presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Gerald Ford, and as ambassador to the United…
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