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Acheson

Author : James Chace
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684864827
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Acheson written by James Chace and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly acclaimed biography of one of the most important and controversial Secretaries of State of the twentieth century, this is an intimate portrait of the quintessential man of action who was vilified by the McCarthyites for being soft on communism, yet set in place the strategies and policies that won the Cold War and brought down the USSR. This is the authoritative biography of Dean Acheson, the most important and controversial secretary of state of the twentieth century. Drawing on Acheson family diaries and letters as well as revelations from Russian and Chinese archives, historian James Chace traces Acheson's remarkable life, from his days as a schoolboy at Groton and his carefree life at Yale to his work for President Franklin Roosevelt on international financial policy and his unique partnership with President Truman. It is an important and dramatic work of history chronicling the momentous decisions, events, and fascinating personalities of the most critical decades of American history.

The Wise Men

Author : Walter Isaacson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684837714
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Wise Men written by Walter Isaacson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-06-04 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marshall; George Kennan, self-cast outsider and intellectual darling of the Washington elite; Robert Lovett, assistant secretary of war, undersecretary of state, and secretary of defense throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Painted Journeys

Author : Peter H. Hassrick
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806152680
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Painted Journeys written by Peter H. Hassrick and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist-explorer John Mix Stanley (1814–1872), one of the most celebrated chroniclers of the American West in his time, was in a sense a victim of his own success. So highly regarded was his work that more than two hundred of his paintings were held at the Smithsonian Institution—where in 1865 a fire destroyed all but seven of them. This volume, featuring a comprehensive collection of Stanley’s extant art, reproduced in full color, offers an opportunity—and ample reason—to rediscover the remarkable accomplishments of this outsize figure of nineteenth-century American culture. Originally from New York State, Stanley journeyed west in 1842 to paint Indian life. During the U.S.-Mexican War, he joined a frontier military expedition and traveled from Santa Fe to California, producing sketches and paintings of the campaign along the way—work that helped secure his fame in the following decades. He was also appointed chief artist for Isaac Stevens’s survey of the 48th parallel for a proposed transcontinental railroad. The essays in this volume, by noted scholars of American art, document and reflect on Stanley’s life and work from every angle. The authors consider the artist’s experience on government expeditions; his solo tours among the Oregon settlers and western and Plains Indians; and his career in Washington and search for government patronage, as well as his individual works. With contributions by Emily C. Burns, Scott Manning Stevens, Lisa Strong, Melissa Speidel, Jacquelyn Sparks, and Emily C. Wilson, the essays in this volume convey the full scope of John Mix Stanley’s artistic accomplishment and document the unfolding of that uniquely American vision throughout the artist’s colorful life. Together they restore Stanley to his rightful place in the panorama of nineteenth-century American life and art.

The Wellesley Alumnae Quarterly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Wellesley Alumnae Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dean Acheson

Author : Robert L. Beisner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199754896
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Dean Acheson written by Robert L. Beisner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era--the decade after World War II when the American Century slipped into high gear. During his vastly influential career, Acheson spearheaded the greatest foreign policy achievements in modern times, ranging from the Marshall Plan to the establishment of NATO. In this acclaimed biography, Robert L. Beisner paints an indelible portrait of one of the key figures of the last half-century. In a book filled with insight based on research in government archives, memoirs, letters, and diaries, Beisner illuminates Acheson's major triumphs, including the highly underrated achievement of converting West Germany and Japan from mortal enemies to prized allies, and does not shy away from examining his missteps. But underlying all his actions, Beisner shows, was a tough-minded determination to outmatch the strength of the Soviet bloc--indeed, to defeat the Soviet Union at every turn. The book also sheds light on Acheson's friendship with Truman--one, a bourbon-drinking mid-Westerner with a homespun disposition, the other, a mustachioed Connecticut dandy who preferred perfect martinis. Over six foot tall, with steel blue, "merry, searching eyes" and a "wolfish" grin, Dean Acheson was an unforgettable character--intellectually brilliant, always debonair, and tough as tempered steel. This lustrous portrait of an immensely accomplished and colorful life is the epitome of the biographer's art.

The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year

Author : University of Michigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year written by University of Michigan and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Department of State News Letter

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Department of State News Letter written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

News Letter

Author : United States. Dept. of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book News Letter written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1048 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Newsletter written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Archives of American Art Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Archives of American Art Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Roosevelt and Stalin

Author : Susan Butler
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307741818
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Roosevelt and Stalin written by Susan Butler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Roosevelt and Stalin, Susan Butler tells the story of how the leader of the capitalist world and the leader of the Communist world became more than allies of convenience during World War II. They shared the same outlook for the postwar world, and formed an uneasy yet deep friendship, shaping the global stage from the war to the decades leading up to and into the new century. The book makes clear that Roosevelt worked hard to win Stalin over, by always holding out the promise that Roosevelt’s own ideas were the best hope for the future peace and security of Russia. Stalin, however, was initially unconvinced that Roosevelt’s planned world organization, even with police powers, would be strong enough to keep Germany from starting a new war. In the end we see how Stalin’s opinion of Roosevelt evolved and how he began to view FDR as the key to peace. Roosevelt and Stalin is a revelatory portrait of this crucial, geopolitical partnership.

The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796-1996

Author : Virgil E. McMahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796-1996 written by Virgil E. McMahan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Catlin and His Contemporaries

Author : Brian W. Dippie
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803216839
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Catlin and His Contemporaries written by Brian W. Dippie and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Catlin's paintings and the vision behind them have become part of our understanding of a lost America. We see the Indian past through Catlin's eyes, imagine a younger, fresher land in his bright hues. But he spent only a few years in what he considered Indian country. The rest of his long life?more than thirty years?wasødevoted largely to promoting, repainting, and selling his collection?in short, to seeking patronage. Catlin and His Contemporaries examines how the preeminent painter of western Indians before the Civil War went about the business of making a living from his work. Catlin shared with such artists as Seth Eastman and John Mix Stanley a desire to preserve a visual record of a race seen as doomed and competed with them for federal assistance. In a young republic with little institutional and governmental support available, painters, writers, and scholars became rivals and sometimes bitter adversaries. Brian W. Dippie untangles the complex web of interrelationships between artists, government officials, members of Congress, businessmen, antiquarians and literati, kings and queens, and the Indians themselves. In this history of the politics of patronage during the nineteenth century, luminaries like Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Henry H. Sibley, John James Audubon, Alfred Jacob Miller, and Karl Bodmer are linked with Catlin in a contest for the support of the arts, setting a precedent for later generations. That the contenders "produced so much of enduring importance under such trying circumstances," Dippie observes,"was the sought-for miracle that had seemed to elude them in their lives."

Jane's Letters from Ireland 1884-1886

Author : Jane C. Stanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Jane's Letters from Ireland 1884-1886 written by Jane C. Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Connecticut Biographical Dictionary

Author : Caryn Hannan
Publisher : State History Publications
ISBN 13 : 1878592599
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book Connecticut Biographical Dictionary written by Caryn Hannan and published by State History Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONNECTICUT BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY is the definitive biographical reference work on people that have contributed to the history of Connecticut. The entries were chosen from various vocations. Activists, artists, authors, athletes, educators, business leaders, entertainers, historians, inventors, journalists, military figures, musicians, politicians, philanthropists, religious leaders and many other vocations. The Place Index will make it easy to research people from any place in Connecticut. The editorial content of the work is well balanced over all time periods, as well as gender and political affiliations. The work contains historical and contemporary figures.Minority studies are of special interest in schools today. February is Black History Month and November is National American Indian Heritage Month. Biographies on Native Americans and African Americans are included in this reference work for research on minority studies. March is National Women's History Month and CONNECTICUT BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY includes biographies on hundreds of women from various vocations, ethnicity and time periods. This unique reference work contains hundreds of biographies along with illustrations. CONNECTICUT BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY will be used year round in the various studies on Connecticut history, Black history, American Indian history and Women's history.

Containment

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Containment written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Containment Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire, which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Containment Chapter 2: Domino theory Chapter 3: Dean Acheson Chapter 4: Truman Doctrine Chapter 5: Reagan Doctrine Chapter 6: Cold War Chapter 7: John Lewis Gaddis Chapter 8: George F. Kennan Chapter 9: United States presidential doctrines Chapter 10: NSC 68 (II) Answering the public top questions about containment. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Containment.