Bibliograph

Eisenhower, captive hero : a critical study of the general and the President, Marquis Childs

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Eisenhower, captive hero : a critical study of the general and the President, Marquis Childs

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eisenhower

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

466334

Responsibility statement

Marquis Childs

Sub title

captive hero : a critical study of the general and the President

Summary

In treating the man and the general with considerable sympathy but the candidate the President quite critically, the author may not please either Eisenhower's adherents or his opponents, but his view of Eisenhower as an unhappy captive of the hero-worshipping public is interesting and much of what he has to say is acute

Table Of Contents

Abilene, Kansas -- The iron mold -- Fort Sam Houston to Downing Street -- Eisenhower becomes Ike -- Return of the hero -- Republican or Democrat? -- In and out of uniform -- The great crusade -- Domestic affairs -- From Yalta to the "summit" -- A state of health -- The image fades -- The afterimage

Target audience

juvenile

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