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John Foster Dulles

(1888—1959) American Republican statesman and international lawyer

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World Encyclopedia

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secretary of state (1953–59) under Dwight D. Eisenhower. A powerful opponent of communism, he became a back-room

Dulles, John Foster

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

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Dulles advocated the threat of nuclear retaliation as the chief deterrent to Soviet aggression during the Cold War. He served on the War Trade Board during ...

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The Oxford Companion to United States History

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(1888–1959), secretary of state, 1953–1959.

The grandson of Benjamin Harrison's secretary of state John W. Foster, John Foster Dulles...

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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

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US Republican statesman and diplomat who became secretary of state (1953–59) under President Eisenhower. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom in ...

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