It has its share of ardent supporters, who see it as a force for positive economic and social change, as…
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It has its share of ardent supporters, who see it as a force for positive economic and social change, as…
Dean Gooderham Acheson served as Secretary of State under President Truman from 1949-1953. Noting his enormous influence, historian Randall Woods…
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In 2001 Ann Wright served as the first political officer in the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Two years…
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Dean Rusk served as Secretary of State for eight controversial years, from 1961 through 1969, when public discomfort over his…
Jean Bédel Bokassa ruled as President-for-life and later as Emperor of the Central African Republic from 1966 to 1979. In…