Title: John Foster Dulles,
Authors: Gerson, Louis L.
Date: 1968
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers,
Physical description: xiv, 372 p. port. 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: John Foster Dulles was one of the most admired and criticized Secretaries of State in the entire history of that great office. And yet, whatever may be the ultimate verdict of history, even his detractors admitted that he faced an international situation far more difficult than the eras of any of his predecessors. For the first time in the history of the Republic, all of the nation's territory lay open to a devastating attack by a foreign power. Dulles, unlike his predecessors, no longer could pass his insoluble diplomatic problems to the War Department. If Dulles displayed an acute sensitivity to religious issues it was understandable in so threatening an era. Biographer Louis L. Gerson received exceptional access to unpublished materials relating to the life of the late Secretary, and interviewed key participants in international affairs of the 1950s. His study illuminates many of the dark corners of that decade's foreign relations.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Contents: Education of a statesman -- Religion and politics -- Politics and diplomacy -- The Japanese treaty: showpiece of bipartisanship -- Deterrence and liberation -- Ambition fulfilled -- The first activity -- Agonizing reappraisal -- Massive retaliation -- Indochina -- The Geneva Conference of 1954 -- Security for the Far East: South Vietnam, SEATO and the brink at Taiwan -- The road to the summit: the Geneva Conference of 1955 -- The summit: glow and afterglow -- Security for the Middle East -- Soviet arms for the Middle East -- Debacle at Suez -- Last activity.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959.; Statesmen--United States--Biography.; United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.