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The age of Eisenhower : America and the world in the 1950s

Title
The age of Eisenhower : America and the world in the 1950s / William I. Hitchcock.
Author
Hitchcock, William I.
Publication
  • New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
xx, 650 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"A page-turner masterpiece. "--The Age of Eisenhower is the definitive account of this presidency, drawing extensively on declassified material from the Eisenhower Library, the CIA and Defense Department, and troves of unpublished documents. In his masterful account, Hitchcock shows how Ike shaped modern America, and he astutely assesses Eisenhower's close confidants, from Attorney General Brownell to Secretary of State Dulles. The result is an eye-opening reevaluation that explains why this "do-nothing "president is rightly regarded as one of the best leaders our country has ever had.
Series Statement
Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover
Uniform Title
Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-621) and index.
Contents
Part I. Duty -- Ascent -- Star power -- Call to duty -- Crusade -- Part II. An age of peril -- Scorpions in a bottle -- Confronting McCarthy -- Dark arts for a Cold War -- Asian dominoes -- Taking on Jim Crow -- God, government and the middle way -- To the summit -- A formidable indifference -- Double cross at Suez -- Part III. Race, rockets and revolution -- The color line -- Ike's missile crisis -- Contending with Khrushchev -- Secret wars in the third world -- U-2 -- Fighting to the finish -- A new generation.
Call Number
JFE 18-3463
ISBN
  • 9781439175668
  • 1439175667
LCCN
2017026867
OCLC
989124126
Author
Hitchcock, William I., author.
Title
The age of Eisenhower : America and the world in the 1950s / William I. Hitchcock.
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover
Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-621) and index.
Chronological Term
1953-1961
Research Call Number
JFE 18-3463
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