Episode 79: John Foster Dulles and the Cold War Protestant Left

DEC 13, 202068 MIN
The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life.

Episode 79: John Foster Dulles and the Cold War Protestant Left

DEC 13, 202068 MIN

Description

In this episode we talk about the connections between liberal Protestantism, American foreign policy, and the Cold War in mid-20th-century America. We discuss these themes through an examination of the life of former U.S. Secretary of State (1953-1959) John Foster Dulles. Our guest is John Wilsey, author of God' Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles.

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