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    The Truth Teller

    Leslie Gelb never stopped asking himself what practical steps a foreign crisis or puzzle might require.  
    by George Packer Sep 07, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Jim Palmer / AP

    The Wise Men were high-born WASPs of the past century who went to the best schools and joined the most exclusive clubs and assumed top positions in law, banking, and government as naturally as if power were their birthright. They assisted in the creation of NATO, the international monetary system, the Cold War, and the war in Vietnam. Even out of government, they had the ear of presidents of both parties. They achieved great things and made colossal mistakes. Among them were a compulsive philanderer, an anti-Semite, and a crook. In other words, though they cultivated an air of nonpartisan and disinterested wisdom as Ciceros of the American century,

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