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Ike is acclaimed author Michael Korda's sweeping and enthralling biography of Dwight David Eisenhower, arguably America's greatest general and one of her best presidents-a remarkable man in an extraordinary time, the hero who won the war and thereafter kept the peace.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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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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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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"A page-turner masterpiece. "--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drawing extensively on declassified material from the Eisenhower Library, the CIA and Defense Department, and troves of unpublished documents. In his masterful account, Hitchcock shows how Ike shaped modern America, and he astutely assesses Eisenhower's close confidants, from Attorney General Brownell to Secretary of State Dulles. The result is an eye-opening...
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Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In 1944, Americans were fighting in World War II. As a general, Dwight D. Eisenhower planned a huge attack and helped win the war. How did Eisenhower's experience in the military shape his two terms as president? Young readers will learn about Eisenhower's early life, his achievements as president, and the many ways he is remembered today
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A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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Captures the entire arc of one of the world's great battles, with four complete full-length programs. A comprehensive compilation that fully renders the valor, the tragedy, and the humanity of one of the most monumental events of WWII
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January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power -- a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Those three days were the culmination of a lifetime of service that took Ike from rural Kansas to West Point, to the battlefields of World War II, and finally to the Oval Office. When he left the White...
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The story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln. In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war," he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates. Henry...
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history"--
On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing to invade Normandy, exhorting them to embrace the "Great Crusade" they faced. Then, in a fleeting moment alone, he drafted a resignation letter in case the invasion failed....
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