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Synopsis
"As autobiography (this book) is enthralling, as history indispensable, as a manual on government and diplomacy invaluable".--Wallace Carroll, New York Times Book Review. Photographs.
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Review
The passing decades confirm Dean Acheson's place as the clearest thinking, most effective Secretary of State of the twentieth century. As a writer he has no equal since Thomas Jefferson first occupied the office in the eighteenth century.--Gaddis Smith, Yale University
About the Author
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton Ltd
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0241018668
- ISBN 13 9780241018668
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages816
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