Eisenhower : the White House years /

Newly discovered and declassified documents make for a surprising and revealing portrait of the president we thought we knew. Belittled by his critics as the babysitter-in-chief, Eisenhower ground down Joseph McCarthy, stimulated the economy to lift it from recession, and turned an $8 billion defici...

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Main Author: Newton, Jim, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
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