Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton, New York, 1969
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W. W. Norton, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good jacket. No markings. Spine straight. Jacket clipped and shows light edge wear. Not from a library. 798 pages. Contents: Acknowledgments. Apologia Pro Libre Hoc. Part One: Years of Learning - Assistant Secretary of State, 1941-45 - Enlistment for the War to Come. The 'Old' State Department. The Year We Held Our Breath. Retrospect. Economic Warfare at Home. Economic Warfare Abroad: Deadlock. Economic Warfare Abroad: Deadlock Ends. Preparation For an Unknown World. The International Conference Stage. The Bretton Woods Agreements. A Change of Secretaries and of Jobs. Chief Lobbyist For State. Success, Disechnatment and Resignation. Part Two - Action Begins - Under Secretary of State August 1945-June 1947 - A New Job and Widening Responsibilities. Trouble in High Places. Washington Agent For the Marshall Mission: Phase One. The Acheson-Lilienthal Report. The Department Muffs its Intelligence Role. The Quebec Agreement. The Puzzle of Palestine. Trouble Brews in Washington. Troubles Breaks in Europe. Washington Agent For the Marshall Mission: Phase Two. General Marshall Takes Over. The Truman Doctrine. The Crisis Broadens: Birth of the Marshall Plan. Mustered Out. Part Three - Years of Responsibility- Secretary of State 1949-1953 - Section A. Decisions Were Made Fast in 1949 - Recalled to Active Duty. The World That Lay Before Us. An Eventful Spring. The North Atlantic Treaty: An Openn Covenant Openly Arrived At. Allied Policy Towards Germany. The Foreign Ministers Meet in Paris. Summer Brings Difficult Decisions. Anglo-American Atomic Cooperation Reviewed. Devaluation of the Pound. More Meetings at Home and Abroad. A Reappraisal of Policies. Section B. Problems Came Faster in 1950 - The Attack of the Primitives Begins. The Attack Mounts. A New Definition of Foreign Policy. Europe and the Schuiman Plan. Balanced Collective Forces For Europe. War in Korea: The Outbreak. War in Korea: The First Crisis. September Decisions. September Surprises. October Odysseys. 'An Entirely New War'. December Despondency. Section C 1951: Year of Troubles and Progress - Calming Worries at Home and to the South. Double Trouble in Iran. Attempts to Stabilize the Korean War. The Relief of General MacArthur. The Move For an Armistice in Korea. Peace With Japan. Nato in Stagnation. Egypt and the Middle East Command. Ottawa and Excursions Without Alarms. The 'Disarmament Assembly'. Nato Meets in Rome. Section D 1952: Success and Failure at the End - The Churchill Visit. Death of a King. Four Ministers Meet in London. Lisbon. Once More Unto the Breach. Bonn and Paris. Korea: Frustration, Riot and Revolt. A Sentimental Journey. Indochina. A Second Try in Iran. Election Summer. An Open Covenant Openly Connived Against. Changing the Guard. Last Farewells. Part Four: Epilogue - Retrospective in Tranquility - Summing Up. Notes. References. Index. Illustrated. 798 pages. Octavo.…
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- Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
- Author
- Dean Acheson
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- W. W. Norton, New York
- Publication year
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 039307448X
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- 9780393074482
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- 2.7 pounds
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- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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