Present at the Creation
 First edition | |
| Author | Dean Acheson |
|---|---|
| Genre | history |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | US |
| Pages | 798 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
| ISBN | 9780393304121 |
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department[1] is a memoir by US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, published by W. W. Norton in 1969, which won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for History.[2] Acheson explained the title: Following World War II, the US administration faced a task "just a bit less formidable than that described in the first chapter of Genesis: That was to create a world out of chaos; ours, to create half a world, a free half, out of the same material without blowing the whole to pieces in the process."[3]
References
- ^ books.google.com
- ^ "Order by coercion; Post-war American history". The Economist. August 26, 2006. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Acheson, Dean (1969). "Apologia," Present at Creation: My Years in the State Department, (New York: W. W. Norton), https://archive.org/details/presentatcreatio0000unse/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater
