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Item Information       Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Hitchcock, William I.     Subjects     Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence.     Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Biography.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.     United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hitchcock, William I.       by title:      The age of Eisenhowe...       by call number:      973.921092 E363h     Search the Web     Hitchcock, William I.     Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence.     Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Biography.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.     United States -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

The age of Eisenhower : America and the world in the 1950s / William I. Hitchcock. by Hitchcock, William I. Simon & Schuster, 2018. Call #: 973.921092 E363h Subjects Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence.   Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Biography.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.   United States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781439175668 (hc.) Edition:  1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Description:  xx, 650 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  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. Summary:  "Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the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, he 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 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. Now more than ever, Americans have much to learn from Dwight Eisenhower."--Dust jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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