Eisenhower : in war and peace /
A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's thirty-fourth president.
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Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's thirty-fourth president. |
Carrier Form: | xx, 950 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [769]-896) and index. |
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9781400066933 (hbk : alk. paper) : 140006693X (hblk : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | E836 |
CLC: | K837.127 |
Call Number: | K837.127/E363S |
Contents: | Just folks -- The Great War -- The peacetime Army -- With Pershing in Paris -- With MacArthur in Washington -- Manila -- Louisiana maneuvers -- With Marshall in Washington -- TORCH -- Baptism by fire -- Sicily -- Supreme Commander -- D-Day -- The liberation of France -- Germany -- Chief of staff -- Columbia -- "I like Ike" -- The Great Crusade -- Eight millionaires and a plumber -- First off the tee -- Dien Bien Phu -- New look -- Heart attack -- Suez -- Little Rock -- Military-industrial complex -- Taps. |