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Dean Acheson :

(Number (ISBN

0195045785

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0198021453

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6610760098

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9780195045789

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9780198021452

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9786610760091

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0195045785

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1280760095

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1429468726

Erroneous ISBN

9780195045789

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9781280760099

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9781429468725

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b739257

Title Proper

Dean Acheson :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a life in the Cold War /

First Statement of Responsibility

Robert L. Beisner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 800 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-768) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: "The shiniest fish that ever came out of the sea" -- Rare meat: adding reach to power. -- Patterns of peril: joining the cold warriors. -- Rome and Carthage: the Truman Doctrine. -- The Marshall Plan and return to private life. -- The inner and outer Acheson. -- Acheson, the president and the State Department. -- Keeping the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down, 1949. -- Strategy in Europe: backing the West, probing the East. -- Looking for chances in China, 1949. -- Neither wood nor ivory: checkmated in China, 1949-1950. -- Other early encounters with Asia and the Middle East. -- Weapons: the H-bomb. -- Words: NSC-68, public opinion, and total diplomacy. -- Real diplomacy, in Europe, 1949-1950. -- Plunge into the unknown: the United States, Indochina, and China on the eve of the Korean War. -- Friends in place: Acheson and Alger Hiss. -- Evil days.

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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 the pivotal decade after World War II. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times, ranging from the Marshall Plan to the establishment of NATO. In a book filled with insight based on research in government archives, memoirs, letters, and diaries, historian Beisner illuminates Acheson's policy-making, describing how he led the State Department and managed his relationship with Truman. The book examines Acheson's major triumphs, including the highly underrated achievement of converting West Germany and Japan from mortal enemies to prized allies, and does not shy away from examining his missteps. But underlying all his actions, Beisner shows, was a tough-minded determination to outmatch the strength of the Soviet bloc--indeed, to defeat the Soviet Union at every turn.--From publisher description.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Dean Acheson.

International Standard Book Number

9780195045789

Acheson, Dean,1893-1971.

Acheson, Dean,1893-1971.

Cold War.

Statesmen-- United States, Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.

Buitenlandse politiek.

Diplomatic relations.

Diplomatieke betrekkingen.

HISTORY.

Koude Oorlog.

Statesmen.

United States, Foreign relations, 1945-1953.

United States.

Verenigde Staten.

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BIO-- 006000

HBKW3

HIS-- 036060

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Edition

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Book number

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Beisner, Robert L.

Date of Transaction

20201204001606.0

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[Book]

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