Dean Acheson was the most influential American diplomat of the twentieth century. He shaped the pivotal shift in American foreign policy from isolation to engag

Examines the role played by Secretary of State Dean Acheson in rebuilding Japan's economy and solidifying American power in the Pacific during the years of 1949

Culture, Power, and Security provides a timely collection of essays by a diverse group of historians grappling with the notion of “security” in different te

In this book, Peter F. Krogh examines the major events and individuals which figured prominently in the movement of “centers of initiative” and of the world

The third volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World covers the volatile period between 1900 and 1945 when the United States emerged as a world po