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Dwight D. Eisenhower : an American icon / Robert E. Dewhirst and Matthew A. Johnson, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- First men, America's presidents.
- First Men, America's Presidents Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova, 2011.
- Summary:
- Presents a biographical sketch of a distinctive American icon, Dwight Eisenhower. This volume spans his early life in Kansas, West Point years and Army career in both the United States and overseas in the Philippines, Panama, and Europe. It also covers his years in the White House as America's thirty-fourth president.
- Contents:
- From Kansas to West Point and beyond
- Army life in the United States between two world wars
- The second World War : the early years
- From overlord to peace
- Peace and beyond
- The view from the White House : the long route from Korea through McCarthy to the St. Lawrence Seaway, 1953-1954
- Overcoming crises, both personal and international, 1955-1956
- Beginning the second term : confronting crises at home and abroad, 1957-1958
- Spies, dictators, and summits : U-2 can be ready to leave the White House, 1959-1960
- Life after the White House.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5361-1254-2
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