Acheson, Dean Gooderham
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Acheson, Dean Gooderham ˈæchəsən (1893–1971) lawyer, statesman, and secretary of state, born in Middletown, Connecticut. Acheson served in President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration as assistant secretary of state for economic affairs. He was also undersecretary of state (1945–1947) and secretary of state under President
Harry S. Truman (1949–53). Acheson was a chief architect (with
George F. Kennan) of the
Cold War policy of
containment and a shaper of the
Truman Doctrine (1947). He assisted with the
Marshall Plan (1947–48), and presided over final diplomatic negotiations for the
North Atlantic Treaty (1949), and advocated a nuclear arms control agreement with the USSR. Acheson advocated a policy of developing “situations of strength” before entering into negotiations with the Soviet Union. He was an informal adviser to Presidents
John F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson, urging Kennedy to bomb Cuba during the
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962-63) and advising Johnson not to continue the
Vietnam War after the
Tet Offensive in 1968.
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OBITUARY:Alice Acheson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/25/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...and moved to Washington, for Dean Acheson had become the private...soldiers. During the time that Dean Acheson was Secretary of State...Wellesley College; married 1917 Dean Gooderham Acheson (died 1971; one son, two daughters...
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New biography of Acheson flirts with perfection
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/25/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...biography. Other works and Dean Acheson's own memoirs have detailed...Chace carefully documents Acheson's role and his stature...blunt but diplomatic. Acheson would not be bullied by...charming wrath of Dean Gooderham Acheson.
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/27/1991; 333 words
; ...information about a book written by Dean Acheson, former US secretary of state...the Library of Congress told us Acheson's book is titled "Present at...published in 1969, by Norton. Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) served as President...
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Heavy lettering; English language.(Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th ed.)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...quizzes. Under "wigging" (heated reproof), one D. Acheson is cited for expecting a "wigging for sloppy work...of authors at the back that the writer was indeed Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971). But it tells you neither that he...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/11/1996; 652 words
; ...Augustus Grant, travel writer and explorer, 1827; Walter James Macqueen-Pope, theatrical historian, 1888; Dean Gooderham Acheson, lawyer and statesman, 1893; Glenway Wescott, novelist and poet, 1901; Norman McLaren, film animator...
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China: From economic growth to sustainability (1)
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...by Xinhua Writer Liu Jie BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Sixty years ago when New China was just founded, Dean Gooderham Acheson, then U.S. Secretary of State, asserted that the Communist government would be unable to feed its 546 million...
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Snapshot: Hybrid rice shows China's agricultural progress on National Day parade
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/30/2009; 638 words
; ...relieved their burden and boosted agricultural productivity. Sixty years ago, former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Gooderham Acheson asserted the communist Chinese government would be unable to feed the 546 million population since none of its...
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Dean Gooderham Acheson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Dean Gooderham Acheson The American lawyer and statesman Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) served as secretary of state in President Harry Truman's Cabinet. Dean Acheson was born in Middletown, Conn., on April 11, 1893, the son of Edward...
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Acheson, Dean Gooderham
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Acheson, Dean Gooderham ˈæ ch əs...born in Middletown, Connecticut. Acheson served in President Franklin D. Roosevelt...S. Truman (1949–53). Acheson was a chief architect (with George...
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Acheson, Dean (Gooderham)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) (1893–1971) US politician. He served as Assistant...x2013;53, urging international control of nuclear power in the Acheson-Lilienthal Report of 1946, formulating plans for NATO ( NORTH ATLANTIC...
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