john foster dulles

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Definition of john foster dulles in English English dictionary

a US lawyer and politician in the Republican Party, who was Secretary of State (=the minister who deals with foreign policy and foreign governments) from 1953 to 1959. He strongly influenced the US's anti-Communist policy during the Cold War (1888-1959). born Feb. 25, 1888, Washington, D.C., U.S. died May 24, 1959, Washington, D.C. U.S. secretary of state (1953-59). He was counsel to the American Peace Commission at Versailles, France, and later helped oversee the payment of World War I reparations. He helped prepare the charter of the UN and was a delegate to its General Assembly (1946-49). He negotiated the complex Japanese peace treaty (1949-51). As secretary of state under Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower, he advocated active opposition to Soviet actions and developed the Eisenhower Doctrine. His critics considered him inflexible and harsh and a practitioner of "brinkmanship" for raising international tensions and bringing the country to the brink of war; later assessments credit his firmness in checking communist expansion

Hyphenation

John fos·ter Dul·les

Turkish pronunciation

cän fästır dʌlıs

Pronunciation

/ˈʤän ˈfästər ˈdələs/ /ˈʤɑːn ˈfɑːstɜr ˈdʌləs/