Dean Acheson's "Present at the Creation"

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"Acheson's partial autobiography is a persuasive, highly articulate and insightful working memoir of his service in the Department of State between 1941 and 1953. Acheson's vivid and lucid portraits and accounts of the key personalities and events which were associated with the conduct of American foreign policy are valuable contributions to the history of an era when the United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs. The book was designed by its author as a work of advocacy, a lawyer's brief. In Acheson's own words, "detachment and objectivity seem to me less important than to tell a tale of large conceptions, great achievements, and some failures" (preface). The book's shortcomings relate to the limitations which were inherent in the world outlook of many American statesmen at that time and in Acheson's style of ... "

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