Dean Acheson Politician

Dean Gooderham Acheson (pronounced /ˈætʃɨsən/; April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Marshall Plan and played a central role in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.Acheson's most famous decision was convincing President Truman to intervene in the Korean War in June 1950. He also persuaded Truman to dispatch aid and advisors to French forces in Indochina, though in 1968 he finally counseled President Lyndon B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice, bringing him into the executive committee (ExComm), a strategic advisory group.In the late 1940s Acheson came under heavy attack over Truman's policy toward China, and for Acheson's defense of State Department employees (such as Alger Hiss) accused during the anti-gay Lavender and anti-Communist Red Scare investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 11, 1893
Birth place	Middletown Connecticut , United States
Religion	Episcopal Church (United States)
Date of death	October 12, 1971
Place of death	Sandy Spring Maryland , United States
Education	Harvard Law School Yale College
Profession	Lawyer

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military operations	World War I
military branch	National Guard of the United States
party	Democratic Party (United States)
president	Harry S. Truman
successor	John Foster Dulles