Acheson Looks at Acheson

BOOKS IN REVIEW Acheson Looks at Acheson JOSEPH R. McCARTHY

Dean Acheson has the annoying habit of never giving up. This was true dur- ing his tenure as Secretary of State, when he prolonged the agony for al- most four years. And now he inflicts a book on the American people in general, and, in particular-since this magazine’s regular book reviewers didn’t want to relive bad dreams-on me.