John Foster Dulles and the diplomacy of the Cold War : a reappraisal

as Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary Of State, John Foster Dulles Came To Personify The Shortcomings Of American Foreign Policy. This Collection Of Essays, Representing The First Archivally Based Reassessment Of Dulles's Diplomacy, Examines His Role During One Of The Most Critical Periods Of Modern History. Rejecting Familiar Cold War Stereotypes, This Volume Reveals The Hidden Complexities In Dulles's Conduct Of Foreign Policy And In His Own Personality. margaret Blunden - Political Studies an Indispensable Contribution To Our Understanding Of The Man And The Period. Key To Primary Sources And Abbreviations -- Introduction / Richard H. Immerman -- John Foster Dulles And The Predicaments Of Power / Ronald W. Pruessen -- The Unexpected John Foster Dulles: Nuclear Weapons, Communism, And The Russians / John Lewis Gaddis -- John Foster Dulles, The European Defense Community, And The German Question / Rolf Steininger -- Konrad Adenauer, John Foster Dulles, And West German-american Relations / Hans-jurgen Grabbe -- Dulles, Suez, And The British / Wm. Roger Louis -- Dulles, Latin America, And Cold War Anticommunism / Stephen G. Rabe -- John Foster Dulles And The Peace Settlement With Japan / Seigen Miyasato -- A Good Stout Effort: John Foster Dulles And The Indochina Crisis, 1954-1955 / George C. Herring -- John Foster Dulles And The Taiwan Roots Of The Two Chinas Policy / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker -- Conclusion / Richard H. Immerman. Edited By Richard H. Immerman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "As Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles came to personify the shortcomings of American foreign policy. This collection of essays, representing the first archivally based reassessment of Dulles's diplomacy, examines his role during one of the most critical periods of modern history -- a period of intensifying conflict between the United States and Soviet Union, deepending divisions between East and West Germany, deteriorating relations between the two Chinas, challenges to the world trading order from newly developing nations, and widespread fears of nuclear attack and massive retaliation by the superpowers. Rejecting familiar Cold War stereotypes, this volume reveals the hidden complexities in Dulles's conduct of foreign policy and in his own personality. Book jacket."--Jacket A collection of essays that represents an archivally based reassessment of Dulles' diplomacy and examines his role during one of the most critical periods of modern history. Rejecting familiar Cold War stereotypes, it reveals the hidden complexities in Dulles' conduct of foreign policy and in his own personality.