Profiles the lives and accomplishments of seven key Secretaries of War, Navy, and Defense: Edwin Stanton, Benjamin Tracy, Elihu Root, Henry Stimson, James Forrestal, Robert McNamara, and Caspar Weinberger.
Examines the lives and accomplishments of eight secretaries of state: John Quincy Adams, William Seward, John Hay, Charles Evans Hughes, Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Henry Kissinger, and James Baker.