Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower

A Documentary History
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-46257-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3552 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walch, T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.