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Acheson was President Harry Truman's secretary of state, the American father of NATO and active in US foreign policy after World War II. He was also a Democratic Party activist in Eisenhower's presidency and an advisor in the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon eras. This charts his post-secretarial career.

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Introduction - Intimidating Seniority; Into the Fray against John Foster Dulles; A Democrat Looks at His Party at Eisenhower's Foreign Policy; The Changing Political Climate in Europe, 1957-60; JFK, NATO Review and the Berlin Crisis of 1961; The Cuban Missile Crisis; Strains in the Atlantic Alliance, 1962-3; Repairing Cracks in Nato, 1964-7; The Vietnam War, 1961-8; Reconciled with Nixon; Southern Africa Policy, 1961-71; Epilogue - Death at Harewood.

Dean Acheson

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 31 August 1994
      ISBN-13 9780300060751
      978-0300060751
      ISBN-10 0300060750

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      Book Synopsis
      Acheson was President Harry Truman's secretary of state, the American father of NATO and active in US foreign policy after World War II. He was also a Democratic Party activist in Eisenhower's presidency and an advisor in the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon eras. This charts his post-secretarial career.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - Intimidating Seniority; Into the Fray against John Foster Dulles; A Democrat Looks at His Party at Eisenhower's Foreign Policy; The Changing Political Climate in Europe, 1957-60; JFK, NATO Review and the Berlin Crisis of 1961; The Cuban Missile Crisis; Strains in the Atlantic Alliance, 1962-3; Repairing Cracks in Nato, 1964-7; The Vietnam War, 1961-8; Reconciled with Nixon; Southern Africa Policy, 1961-71; Epilogue - Death at Harewood.

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