The John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their secret world war Kinzer, Stephen 1951- creator text bibliography biography nyu 2013 First Edition. monographic eng

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402 pages ; 25 cm 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 C.I.A. In The Brothers, Stephen Kinzer uses their biographies to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does 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. Their campaigns led to the Vietnam War, helped push countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of violence, and laid the foundation for decades of hostility between the United States and countries including Cuba and Iran Two Brothers. Unmentionable happenings The taint of my environment Dull, duller, Dulles That fella from Wall Street Six Monsters. A whirling dervish with a college education The most forthright pro-Communist A matchless interplay of ruthlessness and guile The self-intoxicated president The tall, goateed radical The bearded strongman One Century. A face of god Stephen Kinzer. Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-382) and index. n-us--- Dulles, John Foster 1888-1959 Dulles, Allen 1893-1969 United States. Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees Biography Estados Unidos. Agencia Central de Inteligencia Empleados Statesmen United States Biography Estadistas Biografías Estados Unidos Spies United States Biography Espías Estados Unidos Cabinet officers United States Biography Intelligence service United States History 20th century Servicio de inteligencia Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX United States Foreign relations 1953-1961 Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 002 E 748 K56b 2013 327.12730092/2 9780805094978 (hardcover) 0805094970 (hardcover) 2013007718 DLC 130311 20231031133409.0 17654338 eng