The Age of Eisenhower - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Age of Eisenhower write by William I. Hitchcock. This book was released on 2018-03-20. The Age of Eisenhower available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The New York Times–bestselling biography: a “complete and powerful assessment” of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency (Booklist, starred review). Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the Korean War through civil rights turmoil and Cold War conflicts. This is a portrait of a skilled leader who, despite his conservative inclinations, found a middle path through the bitter partisanship of his era. At home, Eisenhower affirmed the central elements of the New Deal, such as Social Security; fought the demagoguery of Senator Joseph McCarthy; and advanced the agenda of civil rights for African-Americans. Abroad, he ended the Korean War and avoided a new quagmire in Vietnam. Yet he also charted a significant expansion of America’s missile technology and deployed a vast array of covert operations around the world to confront the challenge of communism. As he left office, he cautioned Americans to remain alert to the dangers of a powerful military-industrial complex that could threaten their liberties. Today, presidential historians rank Eisenhower fifth on the list of great presidents, and William Hitchcock’s “rich narrative” shows us why Ike’s stock has risen so high. He was a gifted leader, a decent man of humble origins who used his powers to advance the welfare of all Americans (The Wall Street Journal).
Eisenhower
Eisenhower - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eisenhower write by Carlo D'Este. This book was released on 2015-11-24. Eisenhower available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An excellent book . . . D'Este's masterly account comes into its own." —The Washington Post Book World Born into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Eisenhower chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander. With full access to private papers and letters, Carlo D'Este has exposed for the first time the untold myths that have surrounded Eisenhower and his family for over fifty years, and identified the complex and contradictory character behind Ike's famous grin and air of calm self-assurance. Unlike other biographies of the general, Eisenhower captures the true Ike, from his youth to the pinnacle of his career and afterward.
Eisenhower
Eisenhower - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eisenhower write by Jean Edward Smith. This book was released on 2012. Eisenhower available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his magisterial bestseller "FDR," Smith provided a fresh, modern look at one of the most indelible figures in American history. Now this peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's 34th president.
Ike's Bluff
Ike's Bluff - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ike's Bluff write by Evan Thomas. This book was released on 2012-09-25. Ike's Bluff available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a doddering lightweight, behind the bland smile and simple speech was a master tactician. To end the hostilities, Eisenhower would take a colossal risk by bluffing that he might use nuclear weapons against the Communist Chinese, while at the same time restraining his generals and advisors who favored the strikes. Ike's gamble was of such magnitude that there could be but two outcomes: thousands of lives saved, or millions of lives lost. A tense, vivid and revisionist account of a president who was then, and still is today, underestimated, Ike's Bluff is history at its most provocative and thrilling.
Eisenhower 1956
Eisenhower 1956 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eisenhower 1956 write by David A. Nichols. This book was released on 2012-02-14. Eisenhower 1956 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Draws on hundreds of newly declassified documents to present an account of the Suez crisis that reveals the considerable danger it posed as well as the influence of Eisenhower's health problems and the 1956 election campaign.
