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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. [Association copy, inscribed by Forrest C. Pogue, presumably to former Secretary of State Dean Acheson on front end page.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket clipped. Some offsetting on dj. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Bookplate removed from rear end page. xiii, 239 p., illus., maps, 23 cm. *Autographed by author.* Dean Gooderham Acheson served as Secretary of State from January 21, 1949, through January 20, 1953, and exerted significant influence on U.S. foreign policy during his tenure. Army historian Forrest C. Pogue pioneered oral history as common academic practice in the U.S. military. Oral history is the telling and collecting of verbal stories. While oral histories have been used for millennia in many cultures, they were not considered an academic practice until the mid-twentieth century. Pogue documented World War II as a combat historian, using oral histories as a key component of his work. His most famous works include a history of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's leadership and a biography of Gen. George C. Marshall. Signed. …