Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World
JamesÂChace, DeanÂAcheson
Hardcover - Bargain, JulyÂ1998
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Product Details:
ISBN: 0641509448
Format: Hardcover, 512pp
Pub. Date: JulyÂ1998Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Edition Description: Bargain
Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 3,320
ÂFrom the Publisher
Acheson is the first comprehensive biography of the most important and controversial secretary of state of the twentieth century. More than any other of the renowned "Wise Men" who shaped America's vision of the world in the aftermath of World War II, Dean Acheson was the quintessential man of action, the driving force behind the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. James Chace has given us an important and dramatic work of history chronicling the momentous decisions, events, and fascinating personalities of the most critical decades of the American Century.
ÂSynopsis
One of the most influential figures in the post-WWII world, Acheson was the architect of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and indeed much of the shape of the post-war world. Drawing from letters, journals, and extensive interviews, this definitive account of the life of one of the great statesmen of our time is getting tons of publicity.
ÂFrom The Critics
Lance Morrow
Acheson handsomely reproduces the post-war era. -- Time
Francis Fukuyama
It is hard to read this account of Acheson and Truman and not feel considerable nostalgia for an earlier Democratic Administration, when giants truly walked the earth. -- New York Times Book Review
Patrick Glynn
[An] authoritative and highly readable biography....Superb. -- Commentary
Richard Bernstein - The New York Times
. . .a useful, clear history of the major events of the post-war world that Acheson helped to shape. . . .a book about. . .a figure of clear vision and strong character who managed to support mostly the right policies when other policies were being proposed.
Library Journal
Chace (Henry Luce Professor in Freedom of Inquiry, Bard College) begins his book with the early life of Dean Acheson in a small town in Connecticut. One might expect the chief architect of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War to be a conservative in his early years, but Acheson was almost the opposite. This irony and many others continued throughout Acheson's life. His initial goal was to be a promising labor attorney, and even as late as World War II, he longed to return to the practice of law. Yet he stayed on as Undersecretary of State and later as Secretary of State under Truman's second administration, and he would continue to advise later presidents until his death in 1971. Chace has done an excellent job of research and writing the story of Acheson's life; countless interviews and more than 50 pages of notes form the biography. It is difficult to separate someone of Acheson's caliber from an administration's foreign policy stance, yet Chace succeeds brilliantly.
-- Mark E. Ellis, Albany State University Library, Leesburg, GA
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Steve Soto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), A reviewer, FebruaryÂ5,Â2002,
A Flattering Portrait of a Foreign Policy Giant
James Chace's detailed history of the life of our most influential Secretary of State in the modern era is a great overview of American foreign policy in the second half of the 20th Century. Although generally treating its subject in a positive light, Chace's book points out instances where history shows that Acheson erred. Moreover, the book gives the reader glimpses of Acheson's interactions with the major figures of American foreign policy from the 1940's through the 1960's. Although the book is densely packed with details, as a primer and overview of the foreign policy challenges of the cold war, the book excels.
