Bibliograph

Ike and McCarthy, Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy, David A. Nichols

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Ike and McCarthy, Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy, David A. Nichols

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ike and McCarthy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

952647590

Responsibility statement

David A. Nichols

Sub title

Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy

Summary

"Describes how President Eisenhower used surrogates to orchestrate a secret campaign against the powerful Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy best known for his anti-Communist witch hunt, that ultimately resulted in McCarthy being censured and discredited, "--NoveList

Table Of Contents

Part I. 1953: priorities -- The first confrontation -- "Don't join the book burners!" -- "You're in the army now!" -- The secretary and the senator -- The turning point -- Part II. 1954: mobilization -- "Eisenhower's first move" -- "Not fit to wear that uniform" -- Saving Robert Stevens -- Eisenhower in command -- A political D-Day -- Part III. 1954: vindication -- "A war of maneuver" -- Countdown -- The Eisenhower-McCarthy hearings -- Protecting the president -- "No sense of decency?" -- Epilogue

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