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The age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s

"Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the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. T...

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Main Author: Hitchcock, William I. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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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.
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Summary:"Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful president guiding the nation through the great crises of the 1950s, from McCarthyism and the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.
Item Description:Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover
Physical Description:xx, 650 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-621) and index.
ISBN:9781439175668
1439175667
Author Notes:William I. Hitchcock is a Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is also the Randolph P. Compton Professor at Miller Center at the University of Virginia. He graduated form Kenyon College in 1986 and earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1994. In his career he taught at Yale for six years and served as Associate Director of International Security Studies. He taught at Wellesley College for five years. He went on to serve as Dean and professor of History at Temple University in Philadelphia. In 2010, he became Professor of History at the University of Virginia and joined the Miller Center.

His books include, France Restored: Cold War Diplomacy and the Quest for Stability in Europe, 1945-1954(1998), From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century. Co-edited with Paul Kennedy (2000), The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent, 1945-present (2003), The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe (2008), for which he won the 2009 George Louis Beer Prize, from the American Historical Association, The Human Rights Revolution: An International History, co-edited with Akira Iriye and Petra Goedde (2012); and The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (2018).

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