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Two Americans : Truman, Eisenhower, and a dangerous world
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- William Lee Miller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Vintage Books, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 404 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780307742643, 0307742644
- OCLC
- ocn798058825
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-385) and index.
- Boy's life -- Two warriors, first war -- Between the wars -- Two warriors, second war -- Normandy, nomination, Nagasaki: endings and beginnings -- Containment -- Choosing a president -- The once forgotten war -- Two moralities -- Reciprocating animosities -- Judging presidents -- The miasma of McCarthy -- Ike and Harry on race -- Bombs
Subjects
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.