Dean Acheson

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Dean Acheson


Born
in Middletown, Connecticut, The United States
April 11, 1893

Died
October 12, 1971


American statesman Dean Gooderham Acheson promoted the plan of George Catlett Marshall and helped to establish north Atlantic treaty organization.

This lawyer as secretary of state of United States in the Administration of Harry S. Truman, president, from 1949 to 1953 played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. Acheson helped to design the Marshall plan and played a central role in the development of the Truman doctrine and creation of the north Atlantic treaty organization.

In 1964, he received the presidential Medal of Freedom, a decoration that the United States awards to civilians for outstanding achievement in various fields of endeavor. In 1970, he won the Pulitzer Prize for history for Present at
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Average rating: 4.0 · 543 ratings · 42 reviews · 64 distinct worksSimilar authors
Present at the Creation: My...

4.02 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions
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Power and Diplomacy

3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions
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The Korean War

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions
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Morning and Noon

3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
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A Democrat Looks at His Party:

3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions
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Sketches from Life of Men I...

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings6 editions
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The Struggle For A Free Europe

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1971
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Among friends: Personal let...

3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1980
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Fragments of My Fleece

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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Present at the Creation: My...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”
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“No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.”
Dean Acheson

“Any nation which claims that this [North Atlantic] treaty is directed against it should be reminded of the Biblical admonition that 'The guilty flee when no man pursueth.”
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