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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164923003321

Autore

Hopkins Michael F (Michael Francis), <1953->

Titolo

Dean Acheson and the obligations of power / / Michael F. Hopkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5381-0002-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 pages)

Collana

Biographies in American Foreign Policy

Classificazione

HIS036060BIO000000BIO006000BIO010000HIS037070

Disciplina

973.918092

Soggetti

Statesmen - United States

Cabinet officers - United States

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings -- National Duty : Assistant Secretary of State, 1941-1945 -- The Obligations of Power : Under Secretary of State and After, 1945-1948 -- Leadership in Foreign Policy : Secretary of State, 1949-1950 -- Confronting Perils, 1950-1951 -- Global Challenges, 1951-1953 -- Afterlife of a Secretary.

Sommario/riassunto

"Dean Acheson helped to create and sustain the US-dominated international order. This book captures his influence, talents as policymaker, negotiator, alliance-builder and advocate to Congress, the US public and to opinion in the wider world--Provided by publisher.