Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World Order

by Robert J. McMahon

Book Overview

This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists. As a top State Department official from 1941 to 1947 and as Harry S. Truman's 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574889273
• ISBN13: 9781574889277
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"