Acheson
Cold War statesman
Dean Acheson was an American statesman who served as Secretary of State under Harry Truman from 1949 to 1953.
He helped shape postwar American foreign policy, including the Marshall Plan and NATO.
The name sometimes appears in discussions of Cold War diplomacy and the establishment of the liberal international order.
Masculine given name
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- TrumanCold War-era president
- statesmanRespected political leader
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
Marshall Plan · NATO · foreign policy · containment · State Department · ambassador · treaty · Korea
Dean
Masculine given name
Cold War · Marshall Plan · NATO · foreign policy · containment · State Department · ambassador · treaty · Korea · diplomacy
Dean
Masculine given name
lineage · Scottish · English · heritage · ancestry · patronymic · clan · origin · namesake
township
County's smaller division
- countyLocal administrative division
- KansasCentral American plains state
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
geography · settlement · rural · American · locale · town · prairie
AchesonDulles
Washington-area international airport
rollback · brinksmanship · massive retaliation · Douglas MacArthur · Joseph McCarthy