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Article: Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the Modern World.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Historian
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- March 22, 2000
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Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the Modern World. By James Chace. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Pp. 512. $30.00.)
Dean Acheson's career is filled with controversy, but James Chace clearly indicates that he should be considered one of the most influential and successful policy makers in the history of American foreign relations. Postwar economic reconstruction, the formation of NATO, the reintegration of Western Europe, and the signing of the Japanese peace treaty are all attributed to Acheson's efforts. As Secretary of State, Acheson laid the groundwork for America's subsequent Cold War victory. Chace maintains that Acheson "was not merely ...