Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Elon
Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin
Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of
history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN,
and editor of Time. He was awarded the National
Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him
at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.
Evan Thomas is the author of ten books, including the New York
Times bestsellers JOHN PAUL JONES, SEA OF THUNDER, and FIRST:
SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR. Thomas was a writer, correspondent, and editor
for thirty-three years at Time and Newsweek, including ten years as
Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. He appears regularly on many TV
and radio talk shows. Thomas has taught at Harvard and Princeton.
“A wealth of new information and insights on the people and events
that shaped the first four decades of the Cold War.”
*The Boston Globe*
“Must be read if we are to understand the postwar world.”
*Robert A. Caro, author of Master of the Senate: The Years of
Lyndon Johnson*
“Isaacson and Thomas have fashioned a Cold War Plutarch.”
*San Francisco Chronicle*
“A richly textured account of a class and of a historical
period.”
*New York Times Book Review*
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