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Present at the Creation My Years in the State Department

Dean Acheson

A firsthand account of the choices behind the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Korean War, and the uncertainty and domestic opposition that shaped them.

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50 parts, about 63 minutes to read.

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Author
Dean Acheson
Parts
50 parts
Reading time
about 63 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Enlistment for the War to Come1 min
  2. The Old State Department1 min
  3. The Year We Held Our Breath1 min
  4. Retrospect1 min
  5. Economic Warfare at Home1 min
  6. Economic Warfare Abroad: Deadlock1 min
  7. Economic Warfare Abroad: Deadlock Ends1 min
  8. Preparation for an Unknown World1 min
  9. The International Conference Stage1 min
  10. The Bretton Woods Agreements1 min
  11. A Change of Secretaries and of Jobs1 min
  12. Chief Lobbyist for State1 min
  13. Success, Disenchantment, and Resignation1 min
  14. A New Job and Widening Responsibilities1 min
  15. Trouble in High Places1 min
  16. Washington Agent for the Marshall Mission: Phase One1 min
  17. The Acheson Lilienthal Report1 min
  18. The Department Muffs Its Intelligence Role1 min
  19. The Quebec Agreement1 min
  20. The Puzzle of Palestine1 min
  21. Trouble Brews in Washington1 min
  22. Trouble Breaks in Europe1 min
  23. Washington Agent for the Marshall Mission: Phase Two1 min
  24. General Marshall Takes Over1 min
  25. The Truman Doctrine1 min
  26. The Crisis Broadens: Birth of the Marshall Plan1 min
  27. Mustered Out1 min
  28. Recalled to Active Duty1 min
  29. The World That Lay Before Us1 min
  30. An Eventful Spring1 min
  31. The North Atlantic Treaty: An Open Covenant Openly Arrived At1 min
  32. Allied Policy Toward Germany1 min
  33. The Foreign Ministers Meet in Paris1 min
  34. Summer Brings Difficult Decisions1 min
  35. Anglo American Atomic Cooperation Reviewed1 min
  36. Devaluation of the Pound1 min
  37. More Meetings at Home and Abroad1 min
  38. A Reappraisal of Policies1 min
  39. The Attack of the Primitives Begins1 min
  40. The Attack Mounts1 min
  41. A New Definition of Foreign Policy1 min
  42. Europe and the Schuman Plan1 min
  43. Balanced Collective Forces for Europe1 min
  44. War in Korea: The Outbreak1 min
  45. War in Korea: The First Crisis1 min
  46. September Decisions1 min
  47. September Surprises1 min
  48. October Odysseys1 min
  49. “An Entirely New War”1 min
  50. December Despondency14 min

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