If the best minds in the world had set out to find us the worst possible location in the world to fight this damnable war, politically and militarily, the unanimous choice would have been Korea.
Dean Acheson Quotes
You can’t argue with a river, it is going to flow.You can dam it up...put it to useful purposes...deflect it, but you can’t argue with it.
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| Birth: | 11th April, 1893 |
| Death: | 12th October, 1971 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Lawyer, Statesman |
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Dean Gooderham Acheson 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.
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