Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
- ISBN-10
- 0316091049
- ISBN-13
- 9780316091046
- Series
- Ike's Bluff
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 484
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-25
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Author
- Evan Thomas
Description
Examines the White House years of Dwight Eisenhower and reveals the former president, often viewed as a doddering lightweight, as a brilliant, intellectual tactician who could be patient and ruthless, and generous and self-serving.
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