Word: achesonism
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...there any solution for the Korean stalemate? President Eisenhower has given no inkling of specific plans, but his approach to the problem is vastly different from that of Truman, Acheson & Co. Inauguration week invited a hard look back at how the stalemate came to be and a hard look ahead at possibilities for ending...
...dealing in truisms to praise Acheson's recognition that the United States must lead the free world. What is not so clearly understood is the necessity for restraint as well. People who have not seen the dangers in meeting craft and patience with breast-beating and haste, have attacked the Secretary because he forebore a Damn-the-Torpedoes search for quick results. It is part of Acheson's excellence that he took no heed of such attacks...
...note this too: Acheson worked consistently within the traditional ideal of American foreign policy, namely, the deep belief that nations should be left independent, free to choose their own routes to progress. This goal, originally pronounced most explicitly (if a little cynically) in the Open Door policy toward China, has become through Acheson the main weapon against Soviet imperialism. Its moral force and it practical advantages seem lost on those who insist that the free world in exchange for United States money mold itself in the United States' die. They were not lost on Acheson, and thus a proven tradition...
When one realizes that twelve-year-olds are taught to revere Secretary Seward merely for the purchase of Alaska, even four years of Republican blasts can't explain the current myth that Achcson was inadequate. Perhaps we can thank Acheson himself for this. Now that foreign policy is fair game for partisanship, there must be some reply to criticisms, a job which neither the President nor Acheson could do. Thus the critics have had a monopoly on the public's cars. Acheson no doubt tried, and his performance on television during the Security Council meeting in San Francisco a year...
Public relations don't make Secretaries great; achievements do, and that is where Acheson qualifies. The Republicans may make fewer mistakes, and they may even have more tangible, more dramatically final victories to display four years hence. But, regardless of their fortunes, they begin with an advantage over their predecessors: a solid foundation to build on. For this break, the Republicans can thank the man they have attacked so wildly during the last four years, Dean Acheson...