The Resource Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world, Evan Thomas
Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world, Evan Thomas
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The item Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world, Evan Thomas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Village Library of Cooperstown.
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- Summary
- Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. As with his bridge and poker games, he was eventually forced to stop playing after leaving too many fellow army officers insolvent. Ike could be patient and ruthless in the con and generous and expedient in his partnerships. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world, or its end
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 484 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316091046
- Label
- Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world
- Title
- Ike's bluff
- Title remainder
- President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Evan Thomas
- Subject
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- Eisenhower, Dwight D., (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Cold War -- Diplomatic history
- Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961
- Nuclear warfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. As with his bridge and poker games, he was eventually forced to stop playing after leaving too many fellow army officers insolvent. Ike could be patient and ruthless in the con and generous and expedient in his partnerships. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world, or its end
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomas, Evan
- Dewey number
- 973.921092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E835
- LC item number
- .T44 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Eisenhower, Dwight D.
- United States
- Cold War
- National security
- Nuclear weapons
- Nuclear warfare
- Label
- Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BUF-5387
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 484 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316091046
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Lccn
- 2012019640
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BUF-5387
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- x, 484 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316091046
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Lccn
- 2012019640
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Eisenhower, Dwight D., (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Cold War -- Diplomatic history
- Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961
- Nuclear warfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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