About the Expert
Expert Bio
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan is editor of Foreign Affairs. He previously spent three years as executive editor of the magazine and served in the U.S. State Department, including as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff. His narrative history of George Marshall’s post–World War II mission to China, The China Mission, was published by WW Norton in 2018 and named a best book of the year by the Economist and an editor’s pick by the New York Times Book Review. His writing has also appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic.
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A spellbinding narrative of the high-stakes mission that changed the course of America, China, and global politics—and a rich portrait of the towering, complex figure who carried it out.
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