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Dean Acheson : a life in the Cold War /
Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during the pivotal decade after World War II. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times, ranging from the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: "The shiniest fish that ever came out of the sea"
- Rare meat: adding reach to power.
- Patterns of peril: joining the cold warriors.
- Rome and Carthage: the Truman Doctrine.
- The Marshall Plan and return to private life.
- The inner and outer Acheson.
- Acheson, the president and the State Department.
- Keeping the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down, 1949.
- Strategy in Europe: backing the West, probing the East.
- Looking for chances in China, 1949.
- Neither wood nor ivory: checkmated in China, 1949-1950.
- Other early encounters with Asia and the Middle East.
- Weapons: the H-bomb.
- Words: NSC-68, public opinion, and total diplomacy.
- Real diplomacy, in Europe, 1949-1950.
- Plunge into the unknown: the United States, Indochina, and China on the eve of the Korean War.
- Friends in place: Acheson and Alger Hiss.
- Evil days.