Dean Acheson and the Making of US Foreign Policy
Douglas . Ed(S): Brinkley
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Hardback. This volume of essays, written by an eminent group of diplomatic historians, are designed as a tribute to the work of Dean Acheson. As President Truman's Secretary of State between 1949 and 1953, Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the post-war world. Editor(s): Brinkley, Douglas. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 530.
President Truman's Secretary of State (1949-53), Dean Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the postwar world. In an astonishingly creative and demanding tenure Acheson was involved to a degree seldom realized today in a huge range of issues: from the creation of NATO to the Korean War. The result of a major commemorative conference, this volume brings together ten distinguished diplomatic historians, commissioned to write on various aspects of Acheson's career, based on primary archival research.
President Truman's Secretary of State (1949-53), Dean Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the postwar world. In an astonishingly creative and demanding tenure Acheson was involved to a degree seldom realized today in a huge range of issues: from the creation of NATO to the Korean War. The result of a major commemorative conference, this volume brings together ten distinguished diplomatic historians, commissioned to write on various aspects of Acheson's career, based on primary archival research.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333567357
SKU
V9780333567357
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