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John Foster Dulles (February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as United States secretary of state under president Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959.
Jul 20, 1998 · John Foster Dulles (born Feb. 25, 1888, Washington, D.C.—died May 24, 1959, Washington, D.C.) was the U.S. secretary of state (1953–59) under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was the architect of many major elements of U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War with the Soviet Union after World War II.
Secretary of State. Grandson of one Secretary of State and nephew of another, John Foster Dulles benefited from several unique opportunities which prepared him well to become a leader in government service.
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John Foster Dulles was appointed Secretary of State by President Dwight Eisenhower on January 21, 1953. Dulles served for much of the decade, leaving an indelible mark upon U.S. foreign policy that included close cooperation between the Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency as well as a focus upon international mutual security ...
John Foster Dulles served as secretary of state to President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, until his resignation on April 15, 1959. He died shortly thereafter from the effects of cancer.
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Jul 29, 2015 · Dulles, John Foster (1888–1959) US statesman, secretary of state (1953–59) under Dwight D. Eisenhower. A powerful opponent of communism, he became a back-room influence on the Republican Party in the 1940s, and served briefly in the Senate.
John Foster Dulles, (born Feb. 25, 1888, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1959, Washington, D.C.), U.S. secretary of state (1953–59). He was counsel to the American Peace Commission at Versailles, France, and later helped oversee the payment of World War I reparations.
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) was the United States Secretary of State between 1953 and 1959. He was an important if somewhat controversial figure who shaped American foreign policy in the first decade of the Cold War.
In his first years as Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles seemed to fall clearly in the first category. He was a dyed-in-the-wool lawyer with a cold-war missionary zeal. For him, countering Soviet aggressive acts gave rise to a new term in diplomacy: “brinksmanship.”
In the six years that followed, it was the contribution of John Foster Dulles to his countrymen and to freedom that he best defined and actively waged the cold war in those terms.
