Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest Association, Inc., 1946. Wraps. 160 p. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 219 p. Illustrations. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 798 pages. Illustrations. Notes. References. Index. DJ is price clipped and has some wear, soiling, chips, and tears. Inscribed by the author to John T. Chadwell on the fep. Inscription reads To John T. Chadwell with best wishes Dean Acheson. This is believed to be the John T. Chadwell who was a Chicago lawyer who often represented major companies in antitrust suits. Mr. Chadwell received bachelors’ and law degrees from the University of Illinois. Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. . Dean Acheson 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 at the end of the Truman years. As the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, he set the Foreign policy of the Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was Truman's main foreign policy advisor 1945-1947, especially regarding the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After 1949 Acheson came under partisan political attack from Republicans led by Senator Joseph McCarthy over Truman's policy toward the People's Republic of China. As a private citizen in 1968 he counseled President Lyndon B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam. During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice, bringing him into the executive committee (ExComm), a strategic advisory group. More

Pasadena, CA. American International Publishing Co., 1985. Second Edition (stated). Presumed first printing. Trade paperback. x, 240 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. Map. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Printing. 351, illus., maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. 637, illus., endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index, usual lib markings, some staining to fore-edge, DJ in plastic sleeve. More

New York: Weatherhill/Asahi, [1972]. First Edition. 24 cm, 431, illus., chronology, index, ink name inside front board, front DJ flap price clipped, some wear and soiling to DJ. More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 592 pages. Illustrations. Author's Note. Interviews. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV (born November 16, 1952) is an American author, most recently of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, the first volume in the Revolution Trilogy. He has won Pulitzer Prizes in history and journalism. After working as a newspaper reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, Atkinson turned to writing military history. His seven books include narrative accounts of five different American wars. His Liberation Trilogy, a history of the American role in the liberation of Europe in World War II, concluded with the publication of The Guns at Last Light in May 2013. In 2010, he received the $100,000 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. More

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1992. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. 24 p. Maps (color). Illustrations. More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1942. 264, illus., bibliography, index, some soiling to fore-edge, slight wear to board and spine edges. More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Book Club Edition. 312, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, small tears and chips to DJ edges. More

Champaign, IL: Garrard Pub. Company, [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 112, illus. (some color), color map, index, pencil marks & erasure residue inside front board, review slip pasted to front endpaper. More