About the Book

Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. As with his bridge and poker games he was eventually forced to stop playing after leaving too many fellow army officers insolvent, Ike could be patient and ruthless in the con, and generous and expedient in his partnerships. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world, or its end.
This is the story of how he won.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 496 pages

Publication Date: Sep. 25th, 2012

Publisher: Little Brown and Company

ISBN-10: 0316091049

ISBN-13: 9780316091046

Series: Not Applicable

Language: English

• Categories: General Historical Fiction Biographies & General Historical Fiction Autobiographies 20th Century United States History