Independent

He was a prominent member of Congress, a brilliant administrator, an advisor to Presidents, an influential political figure in the old conservative style. He embodied the traits of free thinking and independence that are regarded as emblematic of the American character. He was perhaps the last American ambassador to have any major impact on U.S. foreign policy. Yet, as the authors show in their insightful biography, Lewis Douglas spent the final twenty years of his life disillusioned and disenchanted with the direction of American leadership. The authors focus on what was perhaps the most…