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Two Americans : Truman, Eisenhower, and a dangerous world

Miller, William Lee

Overview

Two Americans weaves together the life stories of Truman and Eisenhower, showing how these future presidents, born six years apart from each other in small farming towns, were emblematic of their Midwestern upbringings and their generation. Miller also shows how their markedly different life experiences during World War I and between the world wars would shape their choices and the roles they played in the politics of the time, as Truman became the quintessential politician, and Eisenhower, the thoroughgoing anti-politician. Their personalities come alive in vividly described scenes of their collaboration during the war-torn 1940s; their dual, but different, roles in bringing the war to an end and shaping the postwar world; their growing disapproval of each other; and, finally, in 1952, the hostile bickering and maneuvering that characterized the passing of presidential power from one to the other. -- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Subject: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. / Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969. / Presidents United States Biography. / Political culture United States History 20th century. / Political leadership United States Case studies. / United States Politics and government 1945-1953. / United States Politics and government 1953-1961.
• ISBN: 9780307742643, 0307742644

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