Description: 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. This is the story of how he won.
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EAN: 9780316091039
UPC: 9780316091039
ISBN: 9780316091039
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Book Title: Ike's Bluff : President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Security (National & International), Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Evan Thomas
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
