The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, (Paperback)

from ElizabethRohrer

The Brothers is a very powerful book about two very powerful men. Stephen Kinzer has effectively tapped upon his decades' long experience as a foreign correspondent, New York Times bureau chief, author, and academic to produce a masterful, new biography. His subjects are John Foster Dulles, Eisen...

from rivkat

Biography of Alan and John Foster Dulles, head of the CIA/State Department during a big chunk of the post-WWII period. They were terrible human beings convinced of their Christian, pro-American big business righteousness—when not in government, they represented major businesses with interests ove...

from tabascofromgudreads

Fascinating fresco of the early Cold War era as seen through the lives of the extraordinarily powerful Dulles brothers. The author is pushing the message that the Dulles brothers and Eisenhower made terrible foreign policy mistakes, that America is still paying for. This position embraced by the ...

from VGAHarris

Traces the rise of the Dulles brothers and how nepotism reaped great benefits. The most interesting part of the book is when John Foster D. served as Sec. of State under Eisenhower while Allen simultaneously ran the CIA. Eisenhower allowed them to run roughshod over the entire foreign policy esta...

from LamSon

I looked forward to reading this book and I wasn't disappointed. This is a very good book about two people who has center stage in the Cold War drama. John Foster and Allen Dulles both started their careers at the prestigious law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, serving international clients. In the ...