A Conversation with Dean Acheson (Eric Sevareid Interviews Dean Acheson)
Eric Sevareid interviews Dean Acheson, who talks about current and past issues. Subjects include the Marshall Mission to China; arms negotiations with the Soviet Union; Acheson's advice to Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam War; the reasons for Truman's support for Israel; Acheson's relations with Truman; Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Kennedy; Dean Rusk, Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss; and Acheson's rating of recent world figures.