Eisenhower
Subtitle: turning the world toward peace
By: Harold Stassen and Marshall Houts.
Contributors: Houts, Marshall.
Publisher: Merrill/Magnus Pub. Corp.
Published: 1990
Place of publication: St. Paul
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781877927041
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969.; Stassen, Harold Edward, 1907-; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Harold Stassen / Marshall Houts; title: Eisenhower for president; title: The Republican nomination; title: The campaign; title: Liaison to MacArthur; title: "I shall go to Korea"; title: Transition without trap; title: Eisenhower enlists me; title: Able communicator : speech editor, letter writer, and speaker; title: Eisenhower reaches out to the world; title: "You've got to restrain greed"; title: "Stalin is either dead or dying"; title: "Feed hungry Germans"; title: Reaching out to labor : dreams of a "solidarity"; title: Progress through compromise : the Korean Armistice; title: The studied show of relaxed leadership : painting, golf, bridge; title: Early warnings on the military-industrial complex; title: Senator McCarthy : the courage to be patient; title: Hands-on crisis management : "I alone will make the decisions"; title: Secretary for peace; title: Moving toward a summit; title: Disarmament : a progress report; title: The Geneva Summit; title: Summit aftermath; title: The Guildhall Address; title: Stassen's letter to Eisenhower, April 14, 1952; title: Warren Burger memorandum; title: State of the Union Address, 1953; title: Examples of Eisenhower's letters; title: Eisenhower's letter to General Alfred Gruenther, February 1, 1955