The Wise Men (book) by comparing them to these "wise men". The Wise Men (book) The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made is a 1986 book by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas. It describes the actions of a group of U.S. government officials and members of the East Coast foreign policy Establishment. Starting in the immediate post-World War II period, the group developed the containment policy of dealing with the Communist bloc during the Cold War. They also helped to craft institutions and initiatives such as NATO, the World Bank, and the Marshall Plan. An updated edition of the book was
Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition of Yiguandao and broader Chinese Maternism. Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition The Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition (Chinese: 儒宗神教 "Rúzōng Shénjiào"), also called the Luandao (鸾道 "Phoenix Way" or 鸾门 "Luánmén", "Phoenix Gate") or Luanism (鸾教 "Luánjiào") or—from the name of its cell congregations—the phoenix halls or phoenix churches (鸾堂 "luántáng"), is a Confucian congregational religious movement of the Chinese traditional beliefs. The first phoenix hall was established in Magong, the capital of the Penghu Islands, in 1853, and from there the movement spread throughout mainland China and Taiwan. Other names of