I Like Ike : The Presidential Election of 1952 /

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When the 1952 presidential election campaign began, many assumed it would be a race between Harry Truman, seeking his second full term, and Robert A. Taft, son of a former president and, to many of his fellow partisans, "Mr. Republican." No one imagined the party standard bearers would be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, John Robert, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stevenson, Adlai E. > 1900-1965
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > 1890-1969
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969
Eisenhower, Dwight D. > (Dwight David), > 1890-1969.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Präsidentenwahl
Presidents > Election.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1952.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:When the 1952 presidential election campaign began, many assumed it would be a race between Harry Truman, seeking his second full term, and Robert A. Taft, son of a former president and, to many of his fellow partisans, "Mr. Republican." No one imagined the party standard bearers would be Illinois governor Adlai E. Stevenson II and Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower. I Like Ike tells the story of a critical election fought between two avowedly reluctant warriors, including Truman's efforts to recruit Eisenhower as the candidate of the Democrat Party--to a finish that, for all the partisan wrangling, had more to do with the extraordinary popularity of the former general, who, along with Stevenson, was seen to be somehow above politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780700624065

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