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John Foster Dulles (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss; February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959) was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party , Dulles served as United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 until his resignation in 1959 (due to his colon cancer diagnosis) and was ...
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.
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 (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.
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.
Dulles’s time as Secretary was marked by a general consensus in U.S. policy that peace could be maintained through the containment of communism. He was the champion of using security treaties — NATO, SEATO, the Baghdad Pact, and the Eisenhower Doctrine — to keep the Soviet Union in check.
John Foster Dulles – Master Craftsman, Man of Paradox – Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training. President Dwight Eisenhower appointed John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State in January 1953, a job he held until almost the end of the decade.
