Clare Boothe Luce and the 1953--1954 Trieste crisis
Journal: Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno)
Year: 2019

My paper argues that Clare Boothe Luce, American ambassador to Italy, greatly influenced the Trieste crisis and negotiations of 1953--1954. Luce's understanding of the Cold War in terms of aggressive anti-Communism against the Soviet Union in general and against Yugoslavia in particular, determined her actions during the Trieste negotiations. As a very powerful woman in the Eisenhower administration, Luce managed to make her voice heard on the highest levels and to direct the settlement in ways