Item #333305 John Foster Dulles: a biography / by John Robinson Beal; foreword by Thomas E. Dewey. John Robinson Beal.

John Foster Dulles: a biography / by John Robinson Beal; foreword by Thomas E. Dewey

1957, 1st Edition. New York: Harper. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #333305

Physical description: 331 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: A new Secretary takes over -- He wrote a book -- American roots -- Salt-water sailor -- A taste of diplomacy -- Law and marriage -- The lesson of Versailles -- Luck and adventure in law -- The quest for a just and durable peace -- Bipartisanship -- Four months a Senator -- Pilot operation: peace with Japan -- The call from Ike -- Administrative troubles -- Life in an airplane -- The unpopular man -- Korea: the end of a war -- Berlin: a diplomatic gambit opens -- Indochina: a different "brink" -- Formosa: deterrence confirmed -- The problem of subversion -- Nasser and the dam -- Nasser and the canal -- The alliance splits over Egypt -- Unity in Western Europe -- The peacemaker. Subjects: Dulles, John Foster 1888-1959. Dulles, John Foster. United States Department of State; Biography. United States Department of State. Cabinet officers United States; Biography. Cabinet officers. Statesmen United States; Biography. United States. United States Foreign relations 1945-1953. United States Foreign relations 1953-1961. Genre: Biographies. Biography. Illustrated.

Price: €25.00

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