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The Eisenhower Presidency : Lessons for the Twenty-First Century /

"We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Certainly, Eisenhower's presidency has much to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the ea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Polsky, Andrew Joseph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Jonathan Fanton
  • Foreword / Daniel A. Sharp
  • Introduction / Andrew J. Polsky
  • Reassessing and reviving Eisenhower's governing style / Kenneth E. Collier
  • Leading as a true conservative : Eisenhower, the GOP, and the politics of fiscal responsibility / Geoffrey Kabaservice
  • Closing argument : the verdict on Eisenhower and civil rights / David A. Nichols
  • The Eisenhower transition : the economics and politics of economic policy / M. Stephen Weatherford
  • Pursuing the parallel track / Mark Shanahan
  • Sputnik moments : science and technology policy from Eisenhower to Obama / Zuoyue Wang
  • Eisenhower's "strategic hand" : developing and executing a foreign policy vision / Meena Bose
  • We're not in Kansas anymore : Eisenhower and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, 1953-1961 / Douglas Little
  • Eisenhower and the military / Dale R. Herspring
  • Peace dividends : President Eisenhower and the unbuilding of the American national security state / Adam M. McMahon and Andrew J. Polsky.