John Foster Dulles
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John Foster Dulles was one of five children born to Allen and Edith Dulles. He attended Princeton University and The George Washington University Law School and tried to join the United States Army during World War I but was rejected because of poor eyesight. Dulles served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. Both his grandfather, John W. Foster, and his uncle, Robert Lansing, served as Secretary of State. His brother, Allen Welsh Dulles, served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency under Eisenhower. Dulles was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism around the world. He advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh in Indochina. He also played a great part in the CIA operations to overthrow the democratic Mossadegh government of Iran in 1953 (Operation Ajax) and the democratic Arbenz government of Guatemala in 1954 (Operation PBSUCCESS).