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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III is a political biography by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser that examines the career of one of the most influential Republican power brokers of the late twentieth century. Centered on James A. Baker III, the book traces how a Texas lawyer and businessman with no early Washington pedigree became a central figure in the administrations of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. It is not simply a career portrait; it is also a study of how Washington functioned during a period when negotiation, institutional loyalty, and disciplined deal making could still produce major domestic and foreign policy outcomes. The authors use Baker’s trajectory to explain broader transformations in American politics, including the rise of partisanship, the management of executive power, and the end of the Cold War order. The result is both a biography and a political history of an era.