The President and the apprentice : Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 791 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-775) and index.
Description
More than half a century after Eisenhower left office, the history of his presidency is so clouded by myth, partisanship, and outright fraud that most people have little understanding of how Ike's administration worked or what it accomplished. We know-or think we know-that Eisenhower distrusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, and kept him at arm's length; that he did little to advance civil rights; that he sat by as Joseph McCarthy's reckless anticommunist campaign threatened to wreck his administration; and that he planned the disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. None of this is true. This book reveals a different Eisenhower, and a different Nixon. Ike trusted and relied on Nixon, sending him on many sensitive overseas missions. Eisenhower, not Truman, desegregated the military. Eisenhower and Nixon, not Lyndon Johnson, pushed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 through the Senate. Eisenhower was determined to bring down McCarthy and did so.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David), -- 1890-1969.
Nixon, Richard M. -- (Richard Milhous), -- 1913-1994.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Nixon, Richard M. -- (Richard Milhous), -- 1913-1994.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gellman, I. F. (2015). The President and the apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gellman, Irwin F. 2015. The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gellman, Irwin F. The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 Yale University Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gellman, Irwin F. The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 Yale University Press, 2015.
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