Author

Publication

2002 - Times Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

39,500 words, Guess

Page Count

158 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC973.921/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE836 .W53 2002
and 2 more
  • LCCE682.T74 2002
  • LCCE682 .T74 2002

Description

"A bona fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower rode an enormous wave of popularity into the Oval Office seven years later. We may view the Eisenhower years through a hazy lens of nostalgia, but the good times of the 1950s distracted the public from a world in the throes of great transition, and masked profound unease both at home and abroad. Americans didn't seem to mind much that their fatherly president spent much of his time on the golf course with his wealthy businessman cronies, or that his health was suspect." "Veteran journalist Tom Wicker traces Eisenhower's life from his hardscrabble Kansas childhood, through his West Point years and his dramatic success during the war to his reluctant entry into politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Series Statement

  • The American presidents series

Links

Other Editions

  • Dwight D. EisenhowerTimes Books2002-01-01

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