Kai Bird
Kai BirdKai Bird was born in Eugene, Oregon on September 2, 1951. His dad was a US Foreign Service officer, and Bird spent his childhood in Mumbai, Jerusalem, Dhahran, Beirut, and Cairo. His dad named him after Kai-Yu Hsu, who was a refugee from Communist China that he met at the University of Oregon. Kai means “mustard” in Chinese.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
The Chairman: John J. McCloy and the Making of the American Establishment
1992
Hiroshima's Shadow: Writings on the Denial of History & the Smithsonian Controversy
1996
The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy:Brothers in Arms
1998
American Prometheus
2005
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs & Israelis 1956-78
2010
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
2014
The Outlier: The Life and Presidency of Jimmy Carter
2021
Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
2025