Potomac Books
Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World Order
Key Metrics
- Robert J McMahon
- Potomac Books
- Paperback
- 9781574889277
- 9 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches
- 0.83 pounds
- History > United States - 20th Century
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Dean Acheson can justifiably be called the principal architect of the American Century. More than any other individual, Acheson is responsible for designing and implementing the ultimately successful U.S. Cold War strategy for containing the Soviet Union. In an even broader sense, Acheson played an instrumental role in creating the institutions, alliances, and economic arrangements that, in the 1940s, brought to life an American-dominated world order. The remarkable durability of that world order--which has remained the dominant fact of international life long after the end of the Cold War--makes a careful examination of Acheson's diplomacy especially relevant to today's international challenges.
Author Bio
Robert J. McMahon joined the History Department in Fall 2005. He previously taught at the University of Florida (1982-2005) and has held visiting positions at the University of Virginia and University College Dublin. A specialist in the history of U.S. foreign relations, Professor McMahon has a joint appointment with the Mershon Center.
He is the author of several books, including
- Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945-49 (1981);
- The Cold War on the Periphery: the United States, India, and Pakistan (1994); and
- The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II (1999).
- In 2000, McMahon served as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Source: The Ohio State University
Videos
Community reviews
Write a ReviewNo Community reviews