Pactomania
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Pactomania is a term originally created to describe the period between 1945 and 1955, during which the United States concluded or ratified a significant amount of alliances, treaties, and pacts. The w
Harry Truman signing the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Treaty of Peace with Japan
Dean Acheson
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Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. secretary of state, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953. He was also Truman
Pactomania
…Marshall Plan financial aid and the multilateral North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security alliance. In Asia, the US initially focused on the Acheson Line or "defense perimeter", which did not prioritize China, Korea, or Taiwan. However, the fall of China to communism and the subsequent public outcry in…
Dean G. Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State
Acheson sworn into office as Secretary of State, by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, (January 21, 1949)
Acheson (fifth from right) as Secretary of State at a meeting of the Truman cabinet, August 25, 1950; President Truman is fourth from right
The gravesite of Dean Acheson in Oak Hill Cemetery