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04387aam a2200625 i 4500 001 3A05DAC0475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170113s2017 mdu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2016052917 020 $a 0742544915 020 $a 9780742544918 035 $a (OCoLC)966899941 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d HF9 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E748.A15 $b H66 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS037070 $a BIO000000 $a BIO006000 $a BIO010000 $a HIS037070 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hopkins, Michael F. $q (Michael Francis), $d 1953- $e author. 245 10 $a Dean Acheson and the obligations of power / $c Michael F. Hopkins. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2017] 300 $a xv, 289 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Biographies in American foreign policy 520 2 $a "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. 520 $a Dean Acheson was the most influential American diplomat of the twentieth century. He shaped the pivotal shift in American foreign policy from isolation to engagement in global affairs, This critical re-evaluation of Acheson's public career analyzes his advocacy of intervention against Germany and Japan in 1939-1941, work on sanctions against Japan in 1941, contribution to the creation of new international institutions, and campaigns to secure the support of Congress and the American public. It scrutinizes his crucial role in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the formation of democratic governments in Germany and Japan, and involvement in the Korean War. It examines his advice on Europe and Vietnam to presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Acheson was the architect of the policy of containing the Soviet Union that endured to the end of the Cold War. The book argues that Acheson was slower to abandon the prospect of understandings with the Soviets and the communists in China than his memoirs claim; his focus on the North Atlantic did not exclude his deep concern for Asian; and the policy of containment was part of his wider belief that American power brought the obligation to promote a stable international order. -- Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Beginnings -- National Duty -- Obligations of Power -- Leadership in Foreign Policy, 1949-1950 -- Confronting Perils, 1950-1951 -- Global Challenges, 1951-1953 -- Afterlife of a Secretary. 600 10 $a Acheson, Dean, $d 1893-1971. 600 10 $a Acheson, Dean, $d 1893-1971 $x Political and social views. 600 17 $a Acheson, Dean, $d 1893-1971. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00034126 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1945-1953. 651 0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Political. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x 20th Century. $x 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Cabinet officers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00843535 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01910431 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Statesmen. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01131990 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1945-1953 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hopkins, Michael F. (Michael Francis), 1953- author. $t Dean Acheson and the obligations of power. $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] $z 9781538100028 $w (DLC) 2017002524 830 0 $a Biographies in American foreign policy. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018013907.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170706035050.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3A05DAC0475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search