The Man Who Ran Washington - Peter Baker Hardcover

Updated August 25, 2026

Condition: Used Damaged?: No Missing Parts?: No UPC: 9780385540551 Title: The Man Who Ran Washington - Peter Baker Hardcover A masterclass in political biography. An illuminating biographical portrait of Mr. Baker, one that describes the arc of his career and, along the way, tells us something about how executive power is wielded in the nation's capital. . . often has the feel of a novel. Enthralling, comprehensive . . . The authors rightly highlight the dimensions of Baker's illustrious career that show so much about what is broken in the current American political system. will rank alongside it as among the very best books about American political life in the late 20th century." Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, a husband and wife team, deliver a masterly biography. A fascinating look at political power. Immensely informative, nuanced and judicious. Enthralling. A sweeping history as well as an intimate biography, the book is also a fascinating study of how to acquire power in Washington and how to use it to maximum effect. Accomplished . . . Exhaustively reported and fluently written. American political culture is broken, but it hasn't always been that way. James Addison Baker was the consummate master at actually getting things done in Washington. Superlative. "Nobody was better at getting things done than James A. Baker. In a book that is at once fascinating, coolly revealing, and at moments touching, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser have given us a biography worthy of one of the most important figures of the late American Century. If you want to understand power in Washington--or anywhere, for that matter--this is the book for you." "To capture the sweep and relevance of one of the most influential figures in American life requires two of the great reporters and observers of our time. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser have written a grand, precise, and engaging American tale that gallops from Houston Country Club to the convention floor, to the Oval Office and all over the globe, capturing James Baker's ambition, influence, and style as well as telling the story of power and America at the end of an age." "A fascinating perspective on power and influence. . . in their nuanced portrait of Baker, he emerges as far more interesting than his taciturn image as White House chief of staff, secretary of state, secretary of treasury." "A riveting and, at times, moving read." "Baker and Glasser pull no punches . . . a delicious read for lovers of history." "Exhaustively reported and fluently written, the book, appropriately for its subject, is a throwback. Like Theodore H. White's series, it celebrates the traditional arts of American politics and governing--not excluding strategic deception, faux histrionics, horse-trading, turf-guarding, lethal leaking, and ass-covering--all in a good cause." "Publication of the Baker biography could not have been better timed, because never has the Republican Party needed someone like Jim Baker as bad as it does today, wit

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