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A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into foreign adventures that decisively shaped today's world as the Cold War was at its peak.;PART I: TWO BROTHERS. Unmentionable happenings ; The taint of my environment ; Dull, duller, Dulles ; That fella from Wall Street -- PART II: 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 -- PART III: ONE CENTURY. A face of God.;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 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 about noble gunmen who clean up lawless towns by killing bad guys

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Author

Stephen Kinzer

Publisher

Times Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429953528

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science

Rating

4.08 / 5 (1,362 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14