Vietnam was worse than immoral — it was a mistake. - Dean Acheson

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Vietnam was worse than immoral — it was a mistake.

Dean Acheson

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About Dean Acheson

Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was the United States Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman. He was known to have played a large part in writing the Truman Doctrine, and was well-known for his anti-Communist views.

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Birth Name: Dean Gooderham Acheson

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Henry Kissinger Harry S. Truman Richard Nixon George F. Kennan Winston Churchill

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My constant appeal to American liberals was to face the long, hard years and not to distract us with the offer of short cuts and easy solutions begotten by good will out of the angels of man's better nature...The road to freedom and peace is a hard one.

a "mixture of frustration and progress is the daily grind of foreign affairs."

General Marshall was "impatient with a type of nonsense particularly prevalent in the State Department known as 'kicking the problem around.' All of us who have work with General Marshall have reported a recurring outburst of his: 'Don't fight the problem, gentlemen, solve it!' With him the time to be devoted to analysis of a problem, to balancing 'on the one hand' against 'on the other hand,' was definitely limited. The discussion he wanted was about plans of action"