...Union, 1948-1972 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990), 15; Brinkley, Dean Acheson, 303-304. 26 Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: Norton, 1969), 112; Godfrey Hodgson, "Enemies and Empires" (review of Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: The Cold War...

...of Economic Recovery in Post-war Europe," in Eichengreen, ed., Europe's Post-war Recovery, 6-7. 4. Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: Norton, 1969), 233. 5. Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence, Brussels,...

...of the United States," September 12, 1947, Records of the National Security Council, Box 1, HSTL. 9. Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York, Norton, 1969), 219. 10. Public Papers of the Presidents: Truman, 1947, 176-80. 1 1. Roosevelt to Hull, January 24,...

...troops from the peninsula. 17 Quoted in Fordham, Building the Cold War Consensus, ibid., p. 71. 18 Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: Norton, 1969), p. 374. This point— that NSC-68 was approved before the North Korean invasion — is often missed....

...Historical Statistics, p. 1114. In 1949, the federal budget rebounded somewhat to $39.4 billion. 98. Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: Norton, 1969), pp. 354-61. 99. Omar N. Bradley, The Collected Writings of General OmarN. Bradley: Testimony, 1946-1949,...

...19McCoy, The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, p. 86. 80For an excellent appreciation, see for instance Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department. New York, WW Norton, 1969. Roosevelt in 1944 informed the State Department that the US should not bear the expenses...

...Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom (New York: Public Affairs, 2003), pp. 1076-77. 103 Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: WW Norton & Company, 1969), p. 46. 104 Brownell and Billings, So Close to Greatness, p. 308. :c6 Townsend...

...FRUS: 1949. 1, 386-87. 6. Caddis, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, pp. 1-31. See also Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: 1969), pp. 726-27. 7. JCS 1769/1 , "United States Assistance to Other Countries from the Standpoint...

...senator, voted against allowing Truman the authority to move troops without congressional approval. See Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: WW Norton, 1969), 415; Bernstein, "The Road to Watergate," 79niO5; Schlesinger, Imperial Presidency,...

...story/history/resources/pdf/john_garner.pdf. 9. David McCullough, Truman (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992), 342. 10. Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: WWNorton, 1969), 196. 11. Stephen Schlesinger, Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations...