Rising star, setting sun : Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America /

A riveting new history that explores the complicated, poignant and consequential transition of power from Dwight D. Eisenhower to John F. Kennedy. The exchange of leadership between the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth presidents of the United States marked more than a succession of leaders. It symbol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shaw, John, 1957- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pegasus Books, [2018]
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Subjects:	Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969. Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963. United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961. Presidents > United States > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.

Table of Contents:

Election Day in America
Dawn of the new decade
The shadow campaign
The Age of Eisenhower
The Junior Senator from Massachusetts
President Eisenhower transfers power
President-elect Kennedy prepares
Passing the torch
Rising star, setting sun.