My interest in world affairs started early; in fact, it goes back to my childhood days. I was brought up on the stories of my paternal grandfather’s voyage of 131 days in a sailing vessel from Boston to Madras, India, where he was a missionary. He was almost shipwrecked on the way. In my youth, I was often in Washington with my maternal grandparents. My grandfather, John W. Foster, had been Secretary of State in 1892 under President Harrison. After serving in the Civil War he had become a general and had later been American minister to Mexico, to Russia and then to Spain. My mother had spent much of her youth in the capitals of these countries, my father had studied abroad. I grew up in the atmosphere of family debates on what was going on in the world. My earliest recollections are of the Spanish and Boer Wars. In 1901, at the age of eight, I was an avid listener as my grandfather and his son-in-law, Robert Lansing, who was to become Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, hotly discussed the merits of the British and Boer causes. [ 1 ]
- Allen Dulles , 1959
Dulles' Identification Documents |
An Interview with Dulles' Biographer"Allen Dulles: The Powerful, Moneyed World of International Finance & Politics (2002)," Youtube Video, 1:00:22, posted by "The Film Archives," August 22, 2015.
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Obituary Clippings |
Work Cited.
[1] Allen Dulles, The Craft of Intelligence, (Giulford: The Lyons Press, 2006), 20.
Timeline Sources.
“Allen W. Dulles Papers.” Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007. Accessed April 20, 2019.
Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri. The CIA and American Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987
Kinzer, Stephen. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their Secret World War. New York: Times Books, 2013.
Smith, Grose. Gentlemen Spy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
Talbot, David. The Devils Chessboard. New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
Underneath each individual photo in the "Obituary Clippings" gallery is a citation
[1] Allen Dulles, The Craft of Intelligence, (Giulford: The Lyons Press, 2006), 20.
Timeline Sources.
“Allen W. Dulles Papers.” Philadelphia Area Archives Research Portal. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2007. Accessed April 20, 2019.
Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri. The CIA and American Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987
Kinzer, Stephen. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their Secret World War. New York: Times Books, 2013.
Smith, Grose. Gentlemen Spy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
Talbot, David. The Devils Chessboard. New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
Underneath each individual photo in the "Obituary Clippings" gallery is a citation
