Theirs is a whale of a story and Stephen Kinzer tells it with verve, insight, and just the right amount of indignation.” With ruthless determination, they pursued, acquired, and wielded power, heedless of the consequences for others. “The Dulles brothers, one a self-righteous prude, the other a charming libertine, shared a common vision: a world run from Washington by people like themselves. Order it from your local bookseller, or from Amazon at: It illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the United States and the world. The story of the Dulles brothers is the story of America.
These campaigns helped push countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of violence, led the United States into the Vietnam War, and laid the foundation for decades of hostility between the United States and countries from Cuba to Iran. Propelled by a quintessentially American set of fears and delusions, the Dulles brothers launched violent campaigns against foreign leaders they saw as threats to the United States. This is how the Dulles brothers saw themselves, and how many Americans still see their country’s role in the world. The Brothers explores hidden forces that shape the national psyche, from religious piety to Western movies-many of which are about a noble gunman who cleans up a lawless town by killing bad guys. I use the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does in the world? In this book, I place their extraordinary lives against the background of American culture and history. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. My new book is a joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today’s world.ĭuring 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 world.
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