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'''Dean Gooderham Acheson''' (1893-1971) was born in Middletown, [[Connecticut]], son of a British-born Anglican priest. A lawyer, he was appointed Under-Secretary of the Treasury by President [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] in 1933, and duiring the [[Second World War]] he was Assisytant Secretary at the [[State Department]]. Between 1945 and 1953 he served as [[Secrettary of State]] in the administration of President [[Harry S. Truman]], a period that saw the hardening of the [[Cold War]] and the victory of Communism in China, an event which conservative politicians led by [[Joseph McCarthy]] blamed on Acheson and the State Department. In 1970 he won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his memoirs.

'''Dean Gooderham Acheson''' (1893-1971) was born in Middletown, [[Connecticut]], son of a British-born Anglican priest. A lawyer, he was appointed Under-Secretary of the Treasury by President [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] in 1933, and during the [[Second World War]] he was Assisytant Secretary at the [[State Department]]. Between 1945 and 1953 he served as [[Secrettary of State]] in the administration of President [[Harry S. Truman]], a period that saw the hardening of the [[Cold War]] and the victory of Communism in China, an event which conservative politicians led by [[Joseph McCarthy]] blamed on Acheson and the State Department. In 1970 he won a [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his memoirs.

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