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John Foster and Allen Dulles were raised in a family of Secretary of States: grandfather, uncle and brother in law all served. When the time came only one could take the spot while the other became the second director of the CIA.

Dulles' brothers have shaped American diplomacy to this day, for better or worse. Allen only stepped down after the disaster of the Bay of Pigs. The book highlighted why there needs to be separation of powers between agencies. Two brothers who spoke in short hand, alone, with no record and determined the course of the world. Dangerous.