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God's cold warrior : the life and faith of John Foster Dulles /

When John Foster Dulles died in 1959, he was given the largest American state funeral since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's in 1945. President Eisenhower called Dulles, his longtime secretary of state, "one of the truly great men of our time," and a few years later the new commercial airp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilsey, John D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2021]
Series:Library of religious biography.
Subjects:
Dulles, John Foster, > 1888-1959.
Dulles, John Foster, > 1888-1959 > Religion.
Foster family.
Presbyterians > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "He Being Dead, Yet Speaketh"
  • "Dont Let the Little Ones Forget Me"
  • "His Character is Straightforward and Sweet" (1888-1912)
  • "Does the Ark Need the Sustaining Hand of Uzza?" (1912-1926)
  • "Work, for the Night is Coming" (1927-1939)
  • "Everything is Fine until You Relax" (1940-1946)
  • "Give a Man a Revolver" (1946-1952)
  • "A Faith Linked with the Pursuit of Justice" (1953-1959)
  • Epilogue: Civil Religion, Progressive Christianity, and John Foster Dulles.