https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4e564256-3f0e-4ab0-8c55-eb43180ae819 A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's world During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. John Foster Dulles was secretary of state while his brother, Allen Dulles, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In this book, Stephen Kinzer places their extraordinary lives against the backdrop ofAmerican culture and history. He uses the framework of biography to ask: Why does the United States behave as it does in the world? The Brothers explores hidden forces that shape the national psyche, from religious piety to Western movies - many of which are about a noble gunman who cleans up a lawless town by killing bad guys. This is how the Dulles brothers saw themselves, and how many Americans still see their country's role in the world. Propelled by a quintessentially American set of fears and delusions, the Dulles brothers launched violent campaigns against foreign leaders they saw as threats to the United States. These campaigns helped push countries from Guatemala to the Congo into long spirals of violence, led the United States into the Vietnam War, and laid the foundation for decades of hostility between the United States and countries such as Cuba and Iran. The story of the Dulles brothers is the story of America. It illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the United States and the world. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:35:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/4e564256-3f0e-4ab0-8c55-eb43180ae819 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://tankie.tube/w/aF4fBXDM8rJ3L773MXs7je;threadId=17385 https://tankie.tube/w/aF4fBXDM8rJ3L773MXs7je;threadId=17385 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:28:02 GMT @someone_somewhere I'm happy to oblige!
People like George W Bush, Dick Cheney, and Henry Kissinger get a lot of attention for being the most vile, murderous scumbags
(and rightly so) but I think that the Dulles Brothers need to share more of that ignominious spotlight. They belong on the same tier as Curtis LeMay in my opinion.

]]> inbracketsDontLaugh https://tankie.tube/w/aF4fBXDM8rJ3L773MXs7je;threadId=17385 https://tankie.tube/w/aF4fBXDM8rJ3L773MXs7je;threadId=17385 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:23:14 GMT Thanks for this upload, I have been meaning to read this book.

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