A thoroughly researched and insightful study of one of America's most important secretaries of state whose considerable accomplishments were overshadowed by his central role in shaping U.s. policy toward Vietnam.
Gary R. Hess, Bowling Green State University A clear, concise, and readable account of Dean Rusk, a key personage of the Cold War, that provides insights into many of ... Read morethe important issues of the last half of the twentieth century.
Dr. Thomas J. Schoenbaum, University of Georgia A thoughtful biography. The author sees Rusk as a committed Wilsonian internationalist who learned realism and the necessity of confronting aggression from the horrors of World War II, Korea, and the Cold War.
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