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Acheson published his lengthy and detailed memoirs of his "years in the State Department" in September 1969. He had long foresworn plans to write of his years as a key maker of foreign policy, fearing, as he put it in an apologia pro libre hoc, that "detachment and objectivity would become suspect" and
17 de sept. de 1987 · Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department. Revised Edition. With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state.
With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state. Acheson...
From the creation of the Marshall Plan to the founding of the United Nations and NATO to the Korean War and formulating policy towards the Soviet Union and the newly created communist state in China, Acheson was present.
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department. Dean Acheson. W. W. Norton & Company, 1970 - Biography & Autobiography - 798 pages. Acheson (1893-1971) was not only present at the...
7 de ago. de 2014 · The author relates his experiences in the State Department during a period that witnessed World War II, European reconstruction, the Korean War and McCarthyism. Part One: Years of learning -- Part Two: Action begins -- Part Three: Years of responsibility -- Part Four: epilogue -- Appendices. Access-restricted-item.
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department. Hardcover – January 1, 1969. The author relates his experiences in the State Department during a period that witnessed World War II, European reconstruction, the Korean War and McCarthyism.
