Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
xx, 650 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [531]-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. |
Summary |
Explores the Eisenhower administration, including President Eisenhower's diplomatic accomplishments, his influence on the Cold War, and his warning against the military-industrial complex. |
Subject |
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. (OCoLC)fst00037714
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1953-1961
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ISBN |
9781439175668 (hardcover) |
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1439175667 (hardcover) |
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