I Like Ike: The Presidential Election of 1952
- ISBN-10
- 070062404X
- ISBN-13
- 9780700624041
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-04-07
- Publisher
- American Presidential Election
- Author
- John Robert Greene
Description
At the beginning of the 1952 presidential election season it was widely assumed it would be a race between President Harry Truman and Senator Robert Taft. This is the story of how it turned out differently and the impact it would have on the following decade.
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