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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 ...more

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Present at the Creation: My...
4.03 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions
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The Korean War
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Power and Diplomacy
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Morning and Noon
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A Democrat Looks at His Party:
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Sketches from Life of Men I...
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The Struggle For A Free Europe
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Fragments of My Fleece
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Present at the Creation: My...
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A Citizen Looks at Congress
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“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”
― Dean Acheson
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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.”
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“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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