Dean Acheson Resuscitated for the Young and Forgetful

Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World , by James Chace. Simon & Schuster, 512 pages, $30.

By force of intelligence, character and an uncommonly close partnership with President Harry Truman, Dean Acheson was 20th-century America’s most powerful Secretary of State. He was also its greatest, in the eyes of many historians Read More