Waging Peace and War: Dean Rusk in the Truman, Kennedy and Johnson Years
by Thomas J. Schoenbaum
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Dean Rusk was a member of Truman's inner circle, and served as Secretary of State in both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, leaving an indelible stamp on the major events that marked America's ascendancy as a superpower. Schoenbaum presents a landmark portrait of this powerful foreign policy maker, and an insider's story of the crises and triumphs, policy debates and diplomatic maneuvers that punctuated Rusk's career. He reveals Rusk's role, as a member of Truman's inner circle, in show more the conduct of the Korean War and the firing of MacArthur; his opposition to the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, and his loyal defense of Kennedy; links between the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Wall confrontation; his relationship with Johnson as both friend and foreign policy adviser; his personal reactions to his vilification by antiwar protesters; and the real reasons behind Johnson's decision not to seek another term as President. ISBN 0-671-60351-5: $22.95. show lessTags
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Thomas J. Schoenbaum is Dean and Virginia Rusk Professor at the University of Georgia. 050
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1988-06
- People/Characters
- Dean Rusk; Harry S. Truman; John Foster Dulles; Lyndon Baines Johnson; John F. Kennedy; Douglas MacArthur (show all 7); J. Edgar Hoover
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Dedication
- For my sons and daughters
- First words
- Throughout the turmoil of the 1960s in the United States, one man served as Secretary of State in the administration of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And he stood his ground to the end, fighting for the values that dominated his life.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Anthropology
- DDC/MDS
- 973.92 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001)
- LCC
- E748 .R94 .S36 — History of the United States United States Twentieth century General Biography
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- 51
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- (3.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
