Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's secret campaign against Joseph McCarthy [First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition] 9781451686609, 1451686609, 9781451686623, 9781451686616, 1451686617, 1451686625

Table of contents :
Part 1. 1953: Priorities. The First Confrontation
"Don't Join the Book Burners!"
"You're in the Army Now!"
The Secretary and the Senator
The Turning Point --Part 2. 1954: Mobilization. "Eisenhower's First Move"
"Not Fit to Wear That Uniform"
Saving Robert Stevens
Eisenhower in Command
A Political D-Day --
Part 3. 1954: Vindication. "A War of Maneuver"
Countdown
The Eisenhower-McCarthy Hearings
Protecting the President
"No Sense of Decency?" --
Epilogue.

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