02390cam a22004214a 4500 126517 20230404125819.0 120517s2012 nyua b 001 0deng 17304036 2012019640 9780316091046 DLC DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 835 T455i 2012 973.921092 Thomas, Evan, 1951- Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world / Evan Thomas. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012. x, 484 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-467) and index. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. As with his bridge and poker games, he was eventually forced to stop playing after leaving too many fellow army officers insolvent. Ike could be patient and ruthless in the con and generous and expedient in his partnerships. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world, or its end Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. United States Foreign relations 1953-1961. Cold war Diplomatic history. National security United States History 20th century. Nuclear weapons Government policy United States History 20th century. Nuclear warfare Government policy United States History 20th century. Eisenhower, Dwight David, 1890-1969. Estadistas estadounidenses Biografías Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 1953-1961. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1953-1961 Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37444 lcc bk dpf 5241 5241 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 835 T455i 2012 00000119519 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk