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Book SynopsisJohn Foster Dulles was among the most influential and controversial figures in the history of twentieth-century US foreign relations.
Trade ReviewThis volume presents a well-documented survey of Dulles as President Eisenhower's secretary of state. * CHOICE *
With lucid prose and command of the primary documents and secondary sources, Richard Immerman gives us a masterful acount of John Foster Dulles, his diplomacy, and his relations with Eisenhower. Not the least of his contributions is showing that Dulles was neither a tool of the president nor his leader, but rather his sometimes antagonistic partner. -- Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations, Columbia University
John Foster Dulles is a superb biography of a complex and most important person, a fascinating analysis of the pivotal Eisenhower-Dulles relationship, and a masterful account of U.S. power and diplomacy in the 1950s. -- Walter LaFeber
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Great Enlightenment Chapter 2 The Cold War Consensus Chapter 3 A Policy of Boldness Chapter 4 The New Look Chapter 5 United Action Chapter 6 Maximum Bargaining Power Chapter 7 Walking a Tightrope Chapter 8 The Final Crises
