Dean Acheson and the creation of an American world order / Robert J. McMahon.

By:

McMahon, Robert J, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Shapers of international history seriesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781597976534
1597976539

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dean Acheson and the creation of an American world order.DDC classification:

973.918092 22

LOC classification:

E748.A15 M35 2009eb

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Contents:

Years of preparation -- From World War to Cold War : climbing the rungs of power -- Constructing an Atlantic community -- Into the cauldron -- The crucible of war -- Elder statesman.

Summary: This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of AmericaÆs foremost diplomats and strategists. As a top State Department official from 1941 to 1947 and as Harry S. TrumanÆs secretary of state from 1949 to 1953, Acheson shaped many of the key U.S. foreign policy initiatives of those years, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the rebuilding of Germany and Japan, AmericaÆs intervention in Korea, and its early involvement in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Right up until h.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-239) and index.

Years of preparation -- From World War to Cold War : climbing the rungs of power -- Constructing an Atlantic community -- Into the cauldron -- The crucible of war -- Elder statesman.

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This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of AmericaÆs foremost diplomats and strategists. As a top State Department official from 1941 to 1947 and as Harry S. TrumanÆs secretary of state from 1949 to 1953, Acheson shaped many of the key U.S. foreign policy initiatives of those years, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the rebuilding of Germany and Japan, AmericaÆs intervention in Korea, and its early involvement in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Right up until h.

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