
The Devil and John Foster Dulles
In this comprehensive account, two prize-winning historians explain how the idea of the United Nations was conceived, debated, and revised, first within the U.S. government and then by negotiation with its major allies in World War II.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 1997
- ISBN-13
- 9780300085532
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- John Foster DullesCold War diplomacyU.S. foreign policy
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1974)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1974)
Other awarded books from Townsend Hoopes
- The Limits of Intervention
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