Dean Acheson

Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Definitions of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1: Introduction: "The Shiniest Fish that Ever Came Out of the Sea" Part I 2: Rare Meat: Adding Reach to Power 3: Patterns of Peril: Joining the Cold Warriors 4: Rome and Carthage: The Truman Doctrine 5: The Marshall Plan and the Return to Private Life Part II 6: The Inner and Outer Acheson 7: Acheson, the President, and the State Department 8: Keeping the Americans In, the Russians Out, and the Germans Down, 1949 9: Strategy in Europe: Backing the West, Probing the East 10: Looking for Chance in China, 1949 11: Neither Wood nor Ivory: Checkmated in China, 1949-1950 12: Other Early Encounters with Asia and the Middle East Part III 13: Weapons: The H-Bomb 14: Words: NSC-68, Public Opinion, and Total Diplomacy 15: Real Diplomacy, in Europe, 1949-1950 16: Plunge into the Unkown: The United States, Indochina, and China on the Eve of the Korean War 17: Friends in Place: Acheson and Alger Hiss 18: Evil Days Part IV 19: Testing Ground-Korea 20: In the Cockpit 21: Prodding Evolution with Action: German Rearmament 22: Acceleration from a Running Start Part V 23: In Thrall: Ironic Failures in Korea 24: Job's Comforter and the Mad Satrap 25: Captives of War 26: At Different Ends of the Triangle: Domestic Debates, European Armies, British Allies Part VI 27: Command in Japan 28: Failure in Indochina and China 29: Razor Edge Sensibilities: ANZUS and India 30: Falling between Two Stools: The Middle East, North Africa, and Africa 31: Picking Up Sticks in Egypt and Iran 32: Jousting with Mosadeq, Waiting for Nasser 33: Latin America: Critical, but not Serious Part VII 34: Lisbon to Letdown: The Fate of the EDC 35: Apples of Discord: Germany and the Soviet Union, 1952 36: Scope for the Exercise of Every Vital Power