Ike and McCarthy : Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy /
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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Ike and McCarthy : |b Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy / |c David A. Nichols. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I. 1953: priorities -- The first confrontation -- "Don't join the book burners!" -- "You're in the army now!" -- The secretary and the senator -- The turning point -- Part II. 1954: mobilization -- "Eisenhower's first move" -- "Not fit to wear that uniform" -- Saving Robert Stevens -- Eisenhower in command -- A political D-Day -- Part III. 1954: vindication -- "A war of maneuver" -- Countdown -- The Eisenhower-McCarthy hearings -- Protecting the president -- "No sense of decency?" -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Eisenhower, Dwight D. |q (Dwight David), |d 1890-1969. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79066408 |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a McCarthy, Joseph, |d 1908-1957. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043290 |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Eisenhower, Dwight D. |q (Dwight David), |d 1890-1969 |x Influence. |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1953-1961. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140468 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Anti-communist movements |z United States |x History |y 20th century. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101061 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cold War |x Social aspects |z United States. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120578 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Presidents |z United States |v Biography. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106470 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |2 bisacsh | |
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