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"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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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 -- 1953-1961Places
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Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy
2017, Simon & Schuster
in English
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
1451686609 9781451686609
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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