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Author:

Nichols, David A. (David Allen), 1939- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969.
McCarthy, Joseph,--1908-1957.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.--(Dwight David),--1890-1969--Influence.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 manuever" -- Countdown -- The Eisenhower-McCarthy hearings -- Protecting the president -- "No sense of decency?" -- Epilogue.

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.

ISBN:

1451686609
9781451686609

LCCN:

2016037570

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