The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III is the definitive biography of the White House chief of staff and secretary of state, the indispensable go-to for four presidents when the world still looked at the head of the United States as a global leader. Husband-and-wife authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser do a deep dive into the meteoric rise of a man who was nearly 40 before he became involved in politics and an indispensable policy advisor. Journalist Michael Grunwald, author of The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, joins them.
