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A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped the modern world Through the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the planet. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Within this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives against the background ofAmerican culture and history. He uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it can on earth? The Brothers explores hidden forces that condition the national psyche, from religious piety to Western movies - many of which are in regards to a noble gunman who cleans up a lawless town by killing criminals. This is one way the Dulles brothers saw themselves, and how many Americans still see their country's role on earth. Propelled by the quintessentially American set of fears and delusions, the Dulles brothers launched violent campaigns against foreign leaders they saw as threats to the United States. These campaigns helped push countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of violence, led the United States in to the Vietnam War, and laid the foundation for many years of hostility between your United States and countries such as Cuba and Iran. The storyline of the Dulles brothers is the storyline of America. It illuminates and helps describe the present day history of the United States and the planet.
