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Lädt ... The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (2018. Auflage)von William I Hitchcock (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Good overview of 50s / Eisenhower. Filled me in on Eisenhower's iffy relationship to the Brown decision and hesitation about integration. (dragged kicking and screaming). Still, a nice antidote to current knee jerk / non thought out policy prescriptions and sudden changes. Also learned about multiple instances of being ready to use tactical nuclear arms in murky situations (Quemoy, laos/1959) .. really? Author steers a usually good course about reporting and not frequently jumping in with the after the fact moral absolute judgements. ( ) Very good, well written, easy to read, though a bit lacking. Cover Ike's presidency very well. Quite interesting and I learned a lot. Unfortunately it barely covers pre- and post-presidency. I really would have liked more on his early years as these form the basis for decisions made later in life. Would make a great companion read to a more complete bio of Eisenhower. “Those who cannot remember the past are commended to read about it.” (Don Scaggs, 2018) In a 2017 survey, presidential historians ranked Dwight D. Eisenhower fifth on the list of great presidents. After reading this book, I understand why. He ended the Korean war. Avoided involvement in Viet Nam. (France wanted military help at the time). Stood up to China as it attacked some of the islands off Taiwan. (Military leaders wanted to use atom bombs on China) Established NASA in order to move the space program from the military. Called in experts in science and technology on improving military arsenal and space program. Try to pass a civil rights bill, but was essentially defanged by none other than Lyndon Johnson. Had an Attorney General that was active in civil rights Earl Warren added to Supreme Court, which led to Brown v. Board of Education decision Stability in economics where he avoided government debt. Low unemployment, increase in wages. Also a few missteps such as the U2 plane being shot down. (He was strongly against such flights, but his CIA director hounded him for one more fly over of Russia.) Also CIA was involved in overthrow of some government leaders, unfortunately the CIA back the wrong horse, who was usually worse than the originally leader. A lot of complicated events going on in the world at this time. Anticommunism was high on everyone’s list in foreign affairs. One can’t say anticommunist without mentioning the McCarthy. Ike ignored McCarthy as much as possible, who eventually fell on his own sword and was censured by the Senate. Many more things going on behind the scenes, which the public and his political rivals could not see. I highly recommend this book. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"A page-turner masterpiece. "--The Age of Eisenhower is the definitive account of this presidency, drawing extensively on declassified material from the Eisenhower Library, the CIA and Defense Department, and troves of unpublished documents. In his masterful account, Hitchcock shows how Ike shaped modern America, and he astutely assesses Eisenhower's close confidants, from Attorney General Brownell to Secretary of State Dulles. The result is an eye-opening reevaluation that explains why this "do-nothing "president is rightly regarded as one of the best leaders our country has ever had. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.921092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton Administrations Dwight Eisenhower BiographyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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