Dean Acheson by Robert L Beisner
Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in US history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era - the decade after World War II when the American Century slipped into high gear. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times.
..thoughtful and well-researched account of Acheson's years as undersecretary and then secretary of state shows him to be a man of sweeping views but pragmatic and definable policies. * New York Times Book Review *
Robert L. Beisner is Professor of History Emeritus at American University. A former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, he lives in Washington, DC.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195045789 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195045785 |
| Title | Dean Acheson |
| Author | Robert L Beisner |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2006-11-16 |
| Number of pages | 832 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2007, 2006 PSP Award for Excellence Biography & Autobiography Silver Medal, 2007 Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign Relations Winner of the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Winner of the Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy of the American Academy of Diplomacy (2007) American Association of Publishers/ Scholarly and Professional Division/ Winner of Biography and Autobiography category First Runner-Up, Harry S. Truman Book Award. |
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