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Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War
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Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era--the decade after World War II when the American Century slipped into high gear. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest
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Hardcover, 832 pages
Published
November 1st 2006
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published October 1st 2006)
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Dean Acheson practiced international law and served both FDR and Truman. So far Acheson is considered to be the most outstanding Secretary of State in United States history. Acheson served as Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. Acheson severed as General George Marshall’s Chief of Staff when he was Secretary of State. The State Department was in a state of chaos after many years of neglect by FDR. General Marshall reorganized the department and moved it out of a Navy building and into its new
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Great read about maybe the greatest Secretary of State the country has ever had. Certainly he was the greatest of the 20th Century. This book goes into great detail about his life in public service and not much on his early life or after leaving government in an official capacity. Mr Beisner goes into great detail about the maker of foreign policy of the United States before and during the Cold War. Recommend for anyone interested in the details of post WWII, Cold War NATO and American policy to
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A historical tour de force, I would recommend it to be read in conjunction with the subject’s memoirs “Present at the Creation” for the full Acheson experience.
One of the ablest minds that ever came to government was Secretary Of State Dean Acheson under
President Harry S. Truman. Truman himself said of Dean Acheson and his predecessor General George C. Marshall, "was ever a man better served?"
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) was born in Connecticut to parents who hailed from Canada and the United
Kingdom. He got a most proper education at Groton, Yale and Harvard Law School. He clerked for
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis for a spell after graduation and ...more
President Harry S. Truman. Truman himself said of Dean Acheson and his predecessor General George C. Marshall, "was ever a man better served?"
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) was born in Connecticut to parents who hailed from Canada and the United
Kingdom. He got a most proper education at Groton, Yale and Harvard Law School. He clerked for
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis for a spell after graduation and ...more
Beisner does a good job of portraying Acheson's pivotal roles in several defining events of the postwar world: the Iran, Greek, and Turkish crises in the late 1940s, the formation of European and transatlantic security institutions, the creation and rearmament of West Germany, the loss of China to the communists, and the outbreak and prosecution of the Korean War. Acheson's relationship with Truman is especially well-documented.
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Very informative book about a very important Chapter in our history and the orgins of the Cold War.
I knew very little about Dean Acheson, i recieved a timely education.
I knew very little about Dean Acheson, i recieved a timely education.
May 26, 2009
Jim
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A historian of American foreign relations, Robert Beisner taught at American University from 1965 until his retirement in 1998. He attended Hastings College for two years, before transferring to the University of Chicago, where he earned both his master’s degree (1960) and his doctorate (1965) in history. His dissertation won the Allan Nevins Prize for the best dissertation in American history in
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