Dec 26, 2009
Oxford Dictionary of World History | Acheson, Dean
Acheson, Dean
(
Gooderham
Acheson
)
(
1893
–
1971
)
US
politician. He served as Assistant Secretary of State, Under‐Secretary, and Secretary of State (
1949
–
53
), urging international control of nuclear power in the Acheson–Lilienthal Report of
1946
, formulating plans for NATO (
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
), implementing the
Marshall Plan
, and upholding the
Truman
Doctrine of US support for nations threatened by communism.
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