num_pages: 842
description: Acheson (1893–1971) was not only present at the creation of the postwar world, he was one of its chief architects. He joined the Department of State in 1941 as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and, with brief intermissions, was continuously involved until 1953, when he left office as Secretary of State at the end of the Truman years.Throughout that time Acheson's was one of the most influential minds and strongest wills at work. It was a period that included World War II, the reconstruction of Europe, the Korean War, the development of nuclear power, the formation of the United Nations and NATO. It involved him at close quarters with a cast that starred Truman, Roosevelt, Churchill, de Gaulle, Marshall, MacArthur, Eisenhower, Attlee, Eden Bevin, Schuman, Dulles, de Gasperi, Adenauer, Yoshida, Vishinsky, and Molotov.
language: English
title: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
titlecomplete: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
characters: Dean Acheson
genres: Autobiography, History, American History, International Relations, World History, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Government, Politics
ratings_count: 380
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 28800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History and Biography
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company