Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
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A landmark work of American political memoir and diplomatic history, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department chronicles Dean Acheson's pivotal tenure as U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman, spanning the transformative years from 1941 to 1953. With the authority of a firsthand participant, Acheson details the forging of the postwar international order, including the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the birth of the State of Israel, and the harrowing decisions of the Korean War. Written in Acheson's characteristically precise and elegant prose, the narrative carries a tone that is at once candid, intellectually rigorous, and unapologetically confident — the voice of a statesman who understood the weight of history as it was being made. The Pulitzer Prize-winning account presents an indispensable insider's perspective on how American foreign policy was constructed during one of the most consequential eras of the twentieth century, illustrating the immense complexity of building a stable world from the ruins of global conflict.
Author: Dean Acheson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Hamish Hamilton
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of American political memoir and diplomatic history, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department chronicles Dean Acheson's pivotal tenure as U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman, spanning the transformative years from 1941 to 1953. With the authority of a firsthand participant, Acheson details the forging of the postwar international order, including the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the birth of the State of Israel, and the harrowing decisions of the Korean War. Written in Acheson's characteristically precise and elegant prose, the narrative carries a tone that is at once candid, intellectually rigorous, and unapologetically confident — the voice of a statesman who understood the weight of history as it was being made. The Pulitzer Prize-winning account presents an indispensable insider's perspective on how American foreign policy was constructed during one of the most consequential eras of the twentieth century, illustrating the immense complexity of building a stable world from the ruins of global conflict.