As I Saw It (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Dean Rusk
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1909-1990
- Setting: The United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Asia
- Principal Characters: Dean Rusk, George C. Marshall, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, John Foster Dulles, Dean Acheson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir
- Subjects: Politics, Autobiography, Government, International relations, 1900’s
- Locales: United States, Asia, Germany, Great Britain
Reversing his long-standing decision not to write his memoirs, Dean Rusk has produced a combined autobiography and memoir. The book’s genesis is unusual, as it was told to his son Richard, who provides a foreword as well as general introductions to each of the book’s major divisions, and edited by Professor Daniel S. Papp of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Although the book was Richard Rusk’s idea, the collaboration was the result of Dean Rusk’s failing eyesight, which made it necessary for him to tape his comments for later editing. Because he had left all of his official...
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