Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416548652)

The highly acclaimed biography of one of the most important and controversial Secretaries of State of the twentieth century, this is an intimate portrait of the quintessential man of action who was vilified by the McCarthyites for being soft on communism, yet set in place the strategies and policies that won the Cold War and brought down the USSR.

This is the authoritative biography of Dean Acheson, the most important and controversial secretary of state of the twentieth century. Drawing on Acheson family diaries and letters as well as revelations from Russian and Chinese archives, historian James Chace traces Acheson's remarkable life, from his days as a schoolboy at Groton and his carefree life at Yale to his work for President Franklin Roosevelt on international financial policy and his unique partnership with President Truman. It is an important and dramatic work of history chronicling the momentous decisions, events, and fascinating personalities of the most critical decades of American history.

Author: James Chace
ISBN-10: 1416548653
ISBN-13: 9781416548652
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.36w x 1.29d