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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
688 pages
Doubleday
Published: September 2020
Published last month, “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III” is the product of seven years of work by husband-and-wife team Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. Peter Baker (no relation to James) is chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and the author of books on George W. Bush, Barack Obama’s presidency and the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Glasser is a writer for The New Yorker and CNN global affairs analyst.
This biography’s most basic strength is the extensive research underlying its preparation including more than two-hundred interviews of James Baker’s friends, family, colleagues, political enemies…and at least three former presidents…
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Just found your web page. A great resource to enhance one’s library! Just finished the biography of James Baker III. I found it historically illuminating with a very fluid writing style.
Glad you liked it! I am sometimes skeptical of journalists – particularly those with demanding, full-time jobs – who attempt to write biographies. In this case, though, I was delighted to find that Baker & Glasser did a great job with James Baker.