Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency.
Tabella dei contenuti
1. Getting to Know One Another, 1945-1948 2. Conflict over Policy and Politics, 1949-1952 3. Negotiating the Nomination, 1952 4. A Tense Courtship, 1952 5. Back to Work, 1953 6. Reorganization Redux, 1954-1955 7. Insuring a Second Term, 1956 8. Dear Mr. President, 1957 9. Coming to Closure, 1958-1959 10. Drifting Away, 1960-1965 Guide to Further Reading and Research
Circa l’autore
Timothy Walch is Director Emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and the author or editor of seventeen previous books on various historical topics including Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Documentary History (1998), Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman: A Documentary History (1992), and Uncommon Americans: The Lives and Legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover (2003). He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, and other networks and is frequently quoted on the role of former presidents in public life as well as on the growing importance of the vice presidency in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.
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