Title: Eisenhower--turning the world toward peace /
Authors: Stassen, Harold E. 1907-2001.; Houts, Marshall, 1919-1993.; Houts, Marshall, 1919-1993.
Publisher: Merrill/Magnus Pub. Corp.,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Stassen, Harold E.; Stassen, Harold E.; Presidents United States Biography; United States Foreign relations
Abstract: In three short years, Dwight D. Eisenhower, thiety-fourth President of the United States, moved the world from the icy brinks of World War III to the hopes of enduring peace, with devotion to freedom, justice, and human rights.
Contents: Introducing Harold Stassen / Marshall Houts -- Eisenhower for president -- The Republican nomination -- The campaign -- Liaison to MacArthur -- "I shall go to Korea" -- Transition without trap -- Eisenhower enlists me -- Able communicator : speech editor, letter writer, and speaker -- Eisenhower reaches out to the world -- "You've got to restrain greed" -- "Stalin is either dead or dying" -- "Feed hungry Germans" -- Reaching out to labor : dreams of a "solidarity" -- Progress through compromise : the Korean Armistice -- The studied show of relaxed leadership : painting, golf, bridge -- Early warnings on the military-industrial complex -- Senator McCarthy : the courage to be patient -- Hands-on crisis management : "I alone will make the decisions" -- Secretary for peace -- Moving toward a summit -- Disarmament : a progress report -- The Geneva Summit -- Summit aftermath -- The Guildhall Address -- Stassen's letter to Eisenhower, April 14, 1952 -- Warren Burger memorandum -- State of the Union Address, 1953 -- Examples of Eisenhower's letters -- Eisenhower's letter to General Alfred Gruenther, February 1, 1955.