Table 1.

Role of the six wise men during antecedent events to the Cold War (1939–1945)

Shaded cells and colored italics in Table 1 and Table 2 indicates positions outside of the US government, mainly in private businesses. The sources of the six wise men photographs of Table 1, Table 2, and Figure 2 are as follows: Dean G. Acheson. Photograph cropped from https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/2378493712/. In the public domain. Example reference: Dean G. Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State. Retrieved October 5, 2015 from https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/2378493712/; John J. McCloy. Photograph cropped from http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=30023. In the public domain. Example reference: Formal portrait of John J. McCloy in front of a world map. Retrieved October 10, 2015 from http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=30023; Robert A. Lovett. Photograph cropped from http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=21315. In the public domain. Example reference: Portrait of Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett at his desk at the Pentagon. Retrieved October 10, 2015 from http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=2131; W. Averell Harriman. Photograph cropped from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/w_averell_harriman.html. In the public domain. Example reference: U. S. Ambassadors to Russia: W. Averell Harriman (1943-1946). Retrieved October 10, 2015 from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/w_averell_harriman.html; George F. Kennan. Photograph cropped from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/george_kennan.html. In the public domain. Example reference: U. S. Ambassadors to Russia: George F. Kennan (1952). Retrieved October 10, 2015 from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/george_kennan.html; George F. Kennan. Photograph cropped from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/charles_bohlen.html. In the public domain. Example reference: U. S. Ambassadors to Russia: Charles E. Bohlen (1953-1957). Retrieved October 10, 2015 from http://moscow.usembassy.gov/charles_bohlen.html.