![]() Photograph of the author with a painting of John F. Most literate human beings on the face of the earth knew the name “Dulles”, and many feared the violent threat it represented. Today, the Dulles brothers are largely forgotten. That reflects our eagerness to airbrush from our history figures whose policies worked out badly for the United States and the world. ![]() ![]() During the 1950s, Dulles and his brother Allen, director of the CIA, used their vast power to throw countries from Iran to Indonesia into chaos. During my promotional tour, I often began my presentations by telling that same story. I intended it to show how fully John Foster Dulles has faded from our national memory. My investigations laid the groundwork for a delightful opening to my book The Brothers, where I explain that as Dulles International Airport opened in 1962, a bust of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was placed at the center of the terminal, but that the bust was later moved to a closed conference room out of public view. Who cares what is written in a book about dead people? Biographers may be pardoned for asking us that question however, I came to find that my own research into the lives of the Dulles brothers has had a concrete, tangible effect that I never anticipated. Home » Historical Figures » The Dulles Brothers and the Airport Bust The Dulles Brothers and the Airport Bust Posted on Januby Stephen Kinzer ![]()
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