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Ike and McCarthy : Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy / David A. Nichols.

Van Pelt Library E836 .N5295 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nichols, David A. (David Allen), 1939- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.
McCarthy, Joseph.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Influence.
Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969.
Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969--Influence.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
United States.
Politics and government.
Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
Anti-communist movements.
History.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Cold War.
Social aspects.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Local Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969.
Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969--Influence.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Genre:
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:
xiii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Summary:
"Describes how President Eisenhower used surrogates to orchestrate a secret campaign against the powerful Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy best known for his anti-Communist witch hunt, that ultimately resulted in McCarthy being censured and discredited,"--NoveList.
Contents:
Part I. 1953: priorities
The first confrontation
"Don't join the book burners!"
"You're in the army now!"
The secretary and the senator
The turning point
Part II. 1954: mobilization
"Eisenhower's first move"
"Not fit to wear that uniform"
Saving Robert Stevens
Eisenhower in command
A political D-Day
Part III. 1954: vindication
"A war of maneuver"
Countdown
The Eisenhower-McCarthy hearings
Protecting the president
"No sense of decency?"
Epilogue.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781451686609
1451686609
OCLC:
952647590

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