John Foster Dulles

Allen Dulles was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1953 until 1961 under the Eisenhower administration and the beginning of the Kennedy administration. Dulles was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence, the longest serving Director of Central Intelligence, and helped transform the CIA from a small government agency into the far-reaching network it is today. Previously Allen Dulles worked as a Station Chief at the Office of Strategic Services, a government agency that was the

Heidi Michaud History 333 Prof. Mary Duncan 17 May, 2015 Examining U.S. Motivation in the Guatemalan Coup In William Blum’s Book, Killing Hope, Blum claims that the U.S. backed a CIA overthrow of the Guatemalan Government in 1954.. Blum challenges that the motivation for the coup was not based on a true belief that Guatemala’s President Jacobo Arbenz was leaning towards communism, and alludes to the the idea that the true motivation for the Coup was the threat to economic gains to The

(capitalism vs. communism) each held with almost religious conviction, formed the basis of an international power struggle with both sides fighting for dominance, exploiting every opportunity for expansion anywhere in the world. ​ Allen Dulles Picture Allen Welsh Dulles was born on April 7, 1893 and died on January 29 in 1969. He was an American diplomat and lawyer who was the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence and their longest serving director to this day. He was the head of the CIA (Central

Title and Citation: Name: Albert L. Trop v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, et al. Citation: 356 U.S 86 78 S. Ct. 590; 2 L. Ed. 2d 630; 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1284. Year: 1958. Facts: Trop was born in the United States. Trop abandoned post without permission, specifically a stockade in Morocco, and planned to not return. The following day he surrendered to an Army officer and was found guilty. As punishment he was sentenced to three years of punitive prison labor, forfeiture of pay, and a dishonorable

As the Cold War started to intensify, President Eisenhower began to worry about the strength of the US economy. The Dulles Brothers, along with the president viewed the communist threat through the same prism. They then decided on a foreign policy to fight against the communist expansion. ​ Picture The Cold War affected the Dulles Brothers greatly. They were taught, from a young age that Soviet leaders were plotting to take over the world and that they would use any means to ensure victory which

The Cold War (1945-1989) was essentially a period in which fear ran rampant. Everyone in America, from the young children to the President, was afraid. People were afraid because they believed their freedom and security was being threatened by communist spies. They were afraid that communism would take over the world and wipe out democracy. They were afraid that a nuclear attack would occur and render them and the American economy helpless. In the midst of all their fear, President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Covert Action A Necessary Evil? The term “Covert Action” brings with it a connotation of shadowy figures wrapped in secrecy and intrigue. It also brings with it a substantial amount of moral questions as to “what is right.” The use of covert action has been widely publicized since the early seventies, but trying to find out the truth to these events has been difficult to say the least. What is even more difficult, is historically recording these events into categories of successes or failures

The United States government has had a long history of playing a dirty hand in the overthrow of foreign nations governments, through economic, militaristic, and clandestine ways. Since, the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani, the US government has been meddling in world affairs in countries thousands of miles away. America's leaders have always labeled meddling in the affairs of other countries, the ones the public knew about, as restoration of freedoms to the peoples of that nation, or trying to stop

War is an inescapable pattern in history. The world is constantly in a state of war. In America, we see a war amongst ourselves with racism, discrimination, and hate crime. These wars seem meaningless, and reveal that humans have an ingrained yearning for violence. While reading the novels Beowulf, told from the perspective of a hero, and Grendel, told from the perspective of the monster, the innately violent nature of humans becomes apparent. Throughout Beowulf and Grendel, killing and war are

right by your side. That is the story of the Dulles brothers in Stephan Kenzer’s book, “The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War”. This book goes into great detail concerning two men in our history that first handedly lead our nation and the world into severe events that are still concerning us today. John Foster Dulles, was the secretary of state for President Eisenhower’s time in office, and his brother Allen Dulles was the director of Central Intelligence during