John Foster Dulles and the Diplomacy of the Cold War

Immerman

• 23 maart 1992
• 9780691006222

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A collection of essays that represents an archivally based reassessment of Dulles' diplomacy and examines his role during one of the most critical periods of modern history. Rejecting familiar Cold War stereotypes, it reveals the hidden complexities in Dulles' conduct of foreign policy and in his own personality.



As Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles came to personify the shortcomings of American foreign policy. This collection of essays, representing the first archivally based reassessment of Dulles's diplomacy, examines his role during one of the most critical periods of modern history. Rejecting familiar Cold War stereotypes, this volume reveals the hidden complexities in Dulles's conduct of foreign policy and in his own personality.