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Dean Acheson was one of the very most important Secretaries of Status in U.S. record, presiding over American overseas policy throughout a pivotal period - the 10 years after World War II when the North american Hundred years slipped into high products. During his vastly influential profession, Acheson spearheaded the best foreign policy achievements today, which range from the Marshall Intend to the establishment of NATO. On this acclaimed biography, Robert L. Beisner paints an indelible portrait of one of the key characters of the previous half-century. In the book filled with insight based on research in federal archives, memoirs, words, and diaries, Beisner illuminates Acheson's major triumphs, like the highly underrated success of converting Western Germany and Japan from mortal enemies to valued allies, and will not shy away from examining his missteps. But root all his actions, Beisner shows, was a tough-minded willpower to outmatch the effectiveness of the Soviet bloc - indeed, to beat the Soviet Union at every turn. The publication also sheds light on Acheson's camaraderie with Truman - one, a bourbon-drinking Midwesterner with a homespun disposition, the other, a mustachioed Connecticut dandy who preferred perfect martinis. Over six ft . tall, with steel blue, "merry, searching eyes" and a "wolfish" grin, Dean Acheson was an unforgettable character - intellectually brilliant, always debonair, and tough as tempered steel. This lustrous portrait of an greatly accomplished and multi-colored life is the epitome of the biographer's fine art.
