ACHESON, Dean Gooderham [1893-1971] -- American lawyer and statesman
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Entered U.S. State Department (1941);
undersecretary (1945-47);
secretary of state (1949-53);
formulated Truman Doctrine (1947);
helped shape the Marshall Plan (1947-48);
promoted the formation of NATO (1949).
Author of:
"Power and Diplomacy" (1958),
"Morning and Noon" (1965),
"Present at the Creation" (1969, Pulitzer). 
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- Works by
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Architect of Postwar Policy, Acheson Advocated Containment of the Soviet Union
- INQ: Dean Acheson discussion of Acheson's position of Korea
- Digging up Dean Acheson, by John F. McManus largely critical of Acheson
- How Dean Acheson Won the Cold War
- A Cold War Mystery
- Quotations
- Papers
- John Foster Dulles Papers: Speeches, Statements, Press Conferences, 1950 - 1951 at Princeton
- Dean Acheson Yale manuscripts
- Dean Acheson --> Harry Hopkins 10/8/42 a letter
- Speeches
- NATO Documents incuding 3 of Acheson's speeches
- Modern History Sourcebook: Dean Acheson: United States Position On China, August 1949 Statement by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 5, 1949
- Reading copy of Dean Acheson
- Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson Calls for Economic Aid to Europe
- Books
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Works about
- Biographical
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- Department of State
- Acheson, Dean. Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 microfilm
- DOSFAN ERC: Secretaries of State - Dean Acheson including his entire official foreign itinerary
- Dean Acheson
- Secretary Dean Acheson (Press Conference April 13, 1949 Topic - Berlin) Folder
- After State
- Department of State
- Dean Acheson - United States Online Highways
- Dean Acheson
- Britannica.com
- Dean Acheson
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- Genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- Dean Acheson Dies on His Farm at 78
- Information about U.S. Proofcard: 29¢ Dean Acheson postage stamp
- Named Professorships, Deanships, and Directorships -- The Johns Hopkins University DEAN ACHESON CHAIR: Established in 1972 by Alice Acheson, W. John Kenney, Paul H. Nitze, and Patricia Acheson in honor of Dean Acheson
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
- Biographical
- Historical context, background
- Gallery
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