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_aThomas, Evan, _d1951- |
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_aIke's bluff : _bPresident Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world / _cEvan Thomas. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown and Co., _c2012. |
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_ax, 484 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 455-467) and index. | ||
| 520 | _aUpon 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 | ||
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_aEisenhower, Dwight D. _q(Dwight David), _d1890-1969. |
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_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1953-1961. |
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_aCold war _xDiplomatic history. |
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_aNational security _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aNuclear weapons _xGovernment policy _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aNuclear warfare _xGovernment policy _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aEisenhower, Dwight David, _d1890-1969. |
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_aEstadistas estadounidenses _vBiografías |
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_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones exteriores _y1953-1961. |
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_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _y1953-1961 |
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_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37444 |
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