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John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
Times Books
October 2013
On Sale: October 1, 2013
416 pages
ISBN: 0805094970
EAN: 9780805094978
Kindle: B00BY5QX1K
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Non-Fiction Biography
A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles,
who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively
shaped today’s world During the 1950s, when the Cold
War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the
United States into a series of foreign adventures whose
effects are still shaking the world. John Foster
Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen
Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In
this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives
against the background of American culture and history. He
uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United
States behave as it does in the world? The
Brothers explores hidden forces that shape the national
psyche, from religious piety to Western movies—many of which
are about a noble gunman who cleans up a lawless town by
killing bad guys. This is how the Dulles brothers saw
themselves, and how many Americans still see their country’s
role in the world. Propelled by a quintessentially
American set of fears and delusions, the Dulles brothers
launched violent campaigns against foreign leaders they saw
as threats to the United States. These campaigns helped push
countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of
violence, led the United States into the Vietnam War, and
laid the foundation for decades of hostility between the
United States and countries from Cuba to Iran. The
story of the Dulles brothers is the story of America. It
illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the
United States and the world.
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