Bibliograph

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Tom Wicker

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Label

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Tom Wicker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-151) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49893871

Responsibility statement

Tom Wicker

Series statement

The American presidents series

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

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