Eisenhower and the Anti-Communist Crusade
Jeff Broadwater provides a comprehensive survey of the Eisenhower administration's response to America's postwar Red Scare. He looks beyond Senator Joseph McCarthy's confrontations with Eisenhower to examine the administration's own...
This book investigates their influence, the roles played by women, minorities and Jewish conservatives, and their legacy in early 20th century ideologies.
Argues that Eisenhower was a stronger president than previously believed and was responsible for many important accomplishments in the area of foreign policy and the quest for peace
This volume offers readers the opportunity to see how the Cold War and McCarthy eras affected men, women, and children of varying backgrounds, providing a more personal examination of this important era.
... Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Brooks Atkinson, W. H. Auden, Edna Ferber, Stephen Vincent Benét, John Dewey, Robert M. Hutchins, Bernard De Voto and Whittaker Chambers.51 On March 18 the State Department banned “the works of all Communist ...
... 2000); and Paul Harvey and Philip Goff, eds., Religion in America since 1945 (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005). There are, of course, some notable exceptions. For an examination of the impact of the Cold War upon theology, ...
Powell retreated to her mournful answer: “I don't feel I was.” McCarthy pressed Powell on whether she had paid “any dues to the Communist party?” Intimidated, Powell said, “I am thinking.” “You would remember if you paid them money, ...
Award-winning writer James Cross Giblin tells the story of a man whose priorities centered on power and media attention and who stopped at nothing to obtain both.
Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as he planned and executed it.
The Age of Eisenhower is the definitive account of this presidency, drawing extensively on declassified material from the Eisenhower Library, the CIA and Defense Department, and troves of unpublished documents.