A Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pach, Chester
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Subjects:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents
United States
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Eisenhower, Yesterday and Today ; Part I General of the Army; Chapter 1 Years of Preparation, 1890-1941 ; Introduction; Childhood, 1890-1911; West Point, 1911-1915; World War I and Fort Meade after the War, 1915-1922; Transformation, 1922-1926; Washington and Paris, 1926-1931; Working for MacArthur, 1931-1939; Preparation for War, 1939-1941; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Eisenhower in World War II ; Early Years: Memoirs and Journalism; Zombie Memoirs; Official Histories and Published Documents.
  • Stephen E. Ambrose and Eisenhower RevisionismBiography; Group Biography; Eisenhower in the Biographies of Other World War II Figures; Combat Operations; Elements of Power; War Termination; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Eisenhower and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1949 ; The Chance for Peace: Eisenhower as Spectator; The New Crusade: Eisenhower as Actor; Future Research: Eisenhower as Military Strategist; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Eisenhower as NATO Commander ; A Brief History of Eisenhower as SACEUR.
  • The First Generation: Court Histories and Nuclear DilemmasThe Age of Eisenhower Revisionism; A New Voice for Europe: Literature in the 1980s; After the Cold War: Reassessing NATO, Reaffirming Eisenhower; New Nuclear Controversies; Conclusion; Note; References; Further Reading; Part II President; Ike's America; Chapter 5 The Baby Boom, Youth Culture, and Family Life ; The American Family in the Eisenhower Years; Early Historical Analyses of the Postwar Family; National Affluence and the Baby Boom; Cold War Anxieties and the American Family; Marriage, Divorce, and the Nuclear Family.
  • Parenting and ChildhoodYouth Culture; The Baby Boomers Grow Up; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6 Cities and Suburbs in the Eisenhower Era ; Federal Policy, Decentered Cities, and the American Dream in Suburbia; "The Urban Crisis": City Centers in Decline; Metropolitan Transformation in the American West; "White Noose; Black City": Race, Residence, and Inequality; "The Next Urban History": Counter-Narratives to Urban Crisis ; Counter-Narratives Continued: Environmentalist Responses to Decentered Cities ; Conclusion: Postwar Urbanism Sets the Stage for the 1960s; References.
  • Further ReadingChapter 7 American Politics at Mid-Century ; Inter-Party and Intra-Party Competition ; The Voters: Attitudes and Behaviors; Deadlock or Checks and Balances? The Presidency, Congress, and the Courts; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Leadership and Politics ; Chapter 8 Eisenhower Republicanism ; Introduction; The "Captive Hero" School and the Administration's Response; The Early Revisionists; The "Hidden-Hand" President ; Consensus; Postrevisionism; Recent Works; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 9 Leadership and Decision-Making.

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