An edition of Ike and McCarthy (2017)

Ike and McCarthy

Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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An edition of Ike and McCarthy (2017)

Ike and McCarthy

Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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  • 1 Want to read

"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.

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
385

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Subjects

Politics and government, Cold War, Anti-communist movements, Presidents, Influence, Biography, History, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Social aspects, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Influence, Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States, Presidents -- United States -- Biography, United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961

People

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957)

Places

United States

Times

20th century, 1953-1961
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Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy
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Table of Contents

Part 1. 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 2. 1954 : mobilization. "Eisenhower's first move"
"Not fit to wear that uniform"
Saving Robert Stevens
Eisenhower in command
A political D-Day
Part 3. 1954 : vindication
"A war of manuever"
Countdown
The Eisenhower-McCarthy hearings
Protecting the president
"No sense of decency?"
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.921092
Library of Congress
E836 .N5295 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 385 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
385

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27232258M
Internet Archive
ikemccarthydwigh0000nich
ISBN 10
1451686609
ISBN 13
9781451686609
LCCN
2016037570
OCLC/WorldCat
952647590

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