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In Sputnik's Shadow
In today's world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our perceptions of what these new possibilities can and cannot do for social progress.In Sputnik's Shadowprovides a lens to do just that, by tracing the rise and fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee from its ascendance under Eisenhower in the wake of the Soviet launching of Sputnik to its demise during the Nixon years. Members of this committee shared a strong sense of technological skepticism; they were just as inclined to advise the president about what technologycouldn'tdo-for national security, space exploration, arms control, and environmental protection-as about what itcoulddo.Zuoyue Wang examines key turning points during the twentieth century, including the beginning of the Cold War, the debates over nuclear weapons, the Sputnik crisis in 1957, the struggle over the Vietnam War, and the eventual end of the Cold War, showing how the involvement of scientists in executive policymaking evolved over time. Bringing new insights to the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the era, this book not only depicts the drama of Cold War American science, it gives perspective to how we think about technological advancements today.
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Eisenhower : the White House years
Newly discovered and declassified documents make for a surprising and revealing portrait of the president we thought we knew. Belittled by his critics as the babysitter-in-chief, Eisenhower ground down Joseph McCarthy, stimulated the economy to lift it from recession, and turned an $8 billion deficit in 1953 into a $500 million surplus in 1960. The President Eisenhower of popular imagination is a benign figure, armed with a putter, a winning smile, and little else. The Eisenhower of veteran journalist Jim Newton's rendering is shrewd, sentimental, and tempestuous. Admired as a general, he was a champion of peace. In Korea and Vietnam, in Quemoy and Berlin, his generals urged him to wage nuclear war. Time and again he considered the idea and rejected it. And it was Eisenhower who appointed the liberal justices Earl Warren and William Brennan and who then called in the military to enforce desegregation in the schools.--From publisher description.
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Campaign of the Century
Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising
account of the twentieth century's closest election The
1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard
Nixon is one of the most frequently described political events of
the twentieth century, yet the accounts to date have been
remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to Kennedy's
side than to Nixon's. The imbalance began with the first book on
that election, Theodore White's The Making of the President
1960 -in which (as he later admitted) White deliberately cast
Kennedy as the hero and Nixon as the villain-and it has been
perpetuated in almost every book since then. Few historians have
attempted an unbiased account of the election, and none have done
the archival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done. Based on
previously unused sources such as the FBI's surveillance of JFK and
the papers of Leon Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry
Cabot Lodge, and many others, this book presents the first
even-handed history of both the primary campaigns and the general
election. The result is a fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters
long†'held myths and reveals the strengths and weaknesses of both
candidates.
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A companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Companion to Dwight D.Eisenhower brings new depth to the historiography of this significant and complex figure, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date depiction of both the man and era.Thoughtfully incorporates new and significant literature on Dwight D.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower : the 34th president
Young readers will learn about Eisenhower's early life, his achievements as president, and the many ways he is remembered today.
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The Eisenhower Presidency, 1953-1961
This seminar study examines the Eisenhower presidency. The author argues that the presidency marked an important stage in the evolution of modern America, but left a decidedly mixed legacy for future presidents. Domestically Eisenhower pursued a 'middle way'. Imbued with a profound district of politics and politicians, Eisenhower sought as much as possible to concentrate public policy making in the hands of an enlightened elite of public and private experts. Internationally, Eisenhower's policies exacerbated the nuclear arms race, institutionalised the Cold War, and extended the East-West struggles to new arenas in the Third World. This new account offers an up-to-date synthesis of this newly emerging literature, and reviews Eisenhower's record - from the mishandling of the Civil Rights movement to the escalation of the arms race and the intensification of the Cold War.
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Eisenhower
In the 1950s, public relations practitioners tried to garner respectability for their fledgling profession, and one international figure helped in that endeavor.President Dwight D.Eisenhower embraced public relations as a necessary component of American democracy, advancing the profession at a key moment in its history.
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