Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The work Dwight D. Eisenhower represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Statement of responsibility

Tom Wicker

Creator

• Wicker, Tom

Subject

• Biography
• Eisenhower, Dwight D
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., (Dwight David), 1890-1969
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., (Dwight David), 1890-1969
• Estados Unidos -- Política y gobierno -- 1953-1961
• Politics and government
• Presidentes -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía
• Presidents
• Presidents -- United States -- Biography
• Presidents -- United States -- Biography
• United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
• 1953-1961

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

An American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower rode an enormous wave of popularity into the Oval Office seven years later. Though we may view the Eisenhower years through a hazy lens of 1950s nostalgia, historians consider his presidency one of the least successful. At home there was civil rights unrest, McCarthyism, and a deteriorating economy; internationally, the Cold War was deepening. But despite his tendency toward "brinksmanship," Ike would later be revered for "keeping the peace." Still, his actions and policies at the onset of his career, covered by Tom Wicker, would haunt Americans of future generations

Member of

• American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 973.921/092
• B

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E836

LC item number

.W53 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The American presidents series