President Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles: architects of a foreign policy identified with rhetorical calls for anti-Communist “rollback” but characterized more accurately by James Conant’s famous dictum to “keep the pot simmering.” (Photo credit: unknown)
CIA’s Dulles Agreed: “You Don’t Revolt in the Face of Tanks, Artillery and Tear Gas; Revolutions Are Now at the Top”
Unpublished DOD Draft History Explores U.S. Attempts to “Keep the Pot Simmering”