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How Ike led, the principles behind Eisenhower's biggest decisions, Susan Eisenhower

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-364) and index

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How Ike led

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Susan Eisenhower

the principles behind Eisenhower's biggest decisions

From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, Dwight D. Eisenhower was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing, as well as his strong character and his personal discipline, but he also avoided making himself the center of things. He sought national unity by pursuing a course he called the "Middle Way" that tried to make winners on both sides of any issue. Susan Eisenhower shows us not just what a great American did, but why-- and what we can learn from him today. -- adapted from jacket

Introduction -- Accountability without caveats -- Inner struggles -- Beyond ethnic kinship -- "Born to command" -- Human problems -- "I don't think he has any politics" -- Shaping the middle way -- Ike's rules for good governance -- The interconnections between war and peace -- A strategist takes on a demagogue -- Principles and tenacity in times of crisis -- The loneliness of power -- Establishing a beachhead -- Playing the long game -- A farewell -- When no one was looking -- Epilogue