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