John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), American diplomat, was secretary of state under Eisenhower. He strove to create a United States policy of "containing" communism.John Foster Dulles was born in Washingt...
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In the following review, Fox summarizes the argument of Dulles's War or Peace, calling it "a sensible book which ought to be widely read."
There is still a group which believes...
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In the following essay, Holsti evaluates the largely negative assessment of Dulles presented in Townsend Hoopes's The Devil and John Foster Dulles, as well as other contemporary accounts, by co...
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In the following essay, Immerman puts forth evidence which questions the conventional view that Dulles dominated the president in his foreign policy decision-making during the Eisenhower administratio...
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In the following essay, Herring and Immerman suggest that Dulles and Eisenhower had offered "a massive air strike to relieve the Vietminh siege of the French fortress at Dienbienphu" in ...
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In the following essay, Dingman discusses the successes and limitations of Dulles's involvement in the creation of SEATO, an organization that Dulles largely envisioned as designed to check pos...
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In the following essay, Pruessen undertakes a survey of Dulles's actions and policymaking as U. S. Secretary of State. Pruessen maintains that Dulles's intellectual achievements far outn...
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In the following review, Rauch calls War or Peace a "primer for Everyman" that asserts "the primacy of moral issues in international affairs," but nevertheless observes tha...
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In the following review, Rapp argues that Dulles's general thoughts on sustaining world peace and containing communist expansion as outlined in War or Peace are "more important than his ...
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In the following essay, originally delivered as an address before the National War College at Washington in 1953, Dulles outlines the mechanisms of Soviet power and ideology, which, he contends, may b...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1959, Nixon honors Dulles for his firmness, integrity, and skill in negotiating foreign policy as United States Secretary of State.
I have had the pr...
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In the following essay, Morgenthau examines Dulles's role as Secretary of State in relation to several factors, including Congress, the President, and general public opinion. Overall, Morgentha...
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In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1964, Craig surveys Dulles's qualifications and tenure as secretary of state. While acknowledging Dulles's faults, such as oc...
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In the following essay, Challener and Fenton use Dulles's correspondence and the taped recollections of his friends and colleagues to present a more complicated view of Dulles than the common s...
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In the following essay, Mulder investigates the religious and moral sources of Dulles's approach to international affairs.
In his three roles as lawyer, churchman, and Secretary of State, Jo...
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The State Department's No. 2 official will travel to Libya this month as part of a four-nation African tour designed to ease the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.Deputy ...
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The U.S. State Department's No. 2 official will travel to Libya later this month, the highest ranking American diplomat to visit the country since 1953.Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte wil...
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Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea says he will unveil ''yet
untold secrets'' if he is summoned to appear at the planned Khmer
Rouge tribunal.
''I have reserved some new secrets to be hea...
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, who served from 1991 until 1993, died Thursday, an aide to a family member said. He was 87.Miyazawa died of natural causes at his home in Tokyo, said...
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The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East met with a Libyan official Tuesday to discuss arrangements for a possible a trip by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the former pariah nation later t...
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There is an unspoken but long-understood historical tradition among both the Republican and Democratic parties about whom they decide to send as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. With the ...
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The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East will hold talks in Libya next week focused on planning a trip to the former pariah nation by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this year, State Departmen...
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The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East will hold talks in Libya next week focused on planning a trip to the former pariah nation by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this year, State Departmen...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sees Libya's top diplomat here this week as preparations continue on her plans for a historic visit to Libya this year, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.Rice ...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Libya's foreign minister on Wednesday amid a sea change in U.S. relations with the North African nation that was once considered a pariah.Rice, who plans a...
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John Foster Dulles
Critical Essay by William T. R. Fox
U.S. official to visit Libya
