The secretary of state’s failure to include South Korea within the U.S. defensive perimeter in Asia in a January 1950 speech ...

Acknolwedgments -- Definitions of acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Introduction : "The shiniest fish that ever came out of the sea" -- pt. 1 -- 2. Rare meat : adding reach to power -- 3. Patterns of ...

FRANKFURT, Nov. 12 — Secretary of State Dean Acheson will journey by train to Bonn tomorrow to see firsthand the capital of the new West German Federal Republic and to visit President Theodor Heuss ...

Years of preparation -- From World War to Cold War : climbing the rungs of power -- Constructing an Atlantic community -- Into the cauldron -- The crucible of war ...