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Eisenhower : a centenary assessment, edited by Günter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose

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  • In observance of Dwight David Eisenhower's one-hundredth birthday in 1990, the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans sponsored a series of lectures by distinguished American and European scholars who espouse an exciting breadth of interpretation regarding the man and his times. In Eisenhower: A Centenary Assessment, Gunter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose have assembled thirteen of those lectures, revised and updated, thus providing an important contribution
  • to scholarship on the thirty-fourth United States president. The collection is truly balanced in the interpretative sense, with essays by leading revisionist and postrevisionist scholars on Eisenhower. Four of the essays address Eisenhower historiography and his role as military commander, two concern his presidential domestic policies, and the remainder represent an assortment of ongoing research into select areas of his foreign policy by a younger generation of
  • scholars, demonstrating how much the evaluation of Eisenhower's handling of foreign affairs remains in ferment. Ambrose concludes the volume with a broad summary of Eisenhower's achievements and legacies. As Bischof and Ambrose state in their Introduction, Eisenhower played a central role for so long and so crucial a period in twentieth-century history that his impact, contributions, successes, and failures will be subject to reinterpretation and debate for as long as
  • Western civilization lasts. His reputation has already undergone ups and downs - from the negative opinions of his contemporaries to the enthusiasm of revisionists in the late seventies and early eighties to the more critical assessments of postrevisionist scholars in the late eighties and the nineties. Such is the inevitable cycle of scholarship, to look at old problems with new perspectives, using new documentation or innovative methods, to arrive at new conclusions
  • This centennial reexamination of Eisenhower's place in history will remain a milestone in years to come
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 281 pages
Contents
  • Foreword / Andrew J. Goodpaster
  • The Genesis of The Supreme Command: Personal Impressions of Eisenhower the General / Forrest C. Pogue
  • Eisenhower and the British / M. R. D. Foot
  • Eisenhower's Leadership Style / Fred Greenstein
  • Forging the Weapon: Eisenhower as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1950-1952 / Thomas M. Sisk
  • Eisenhower, the Judiciary, and Desegregation: Some Reflections / Stanley I. Kutler
  • Eisenhower and American Society / William L. O'Neill
  • The Importance of Foreign Policy Process: Eisenhower and the National Security Council / Anna K. Nelson
  • Eisenhower and the Problem of Loose Ends / H. W. Brands
  • Eisenhower, the Summit, and the Austrian Treaty, 1953-1955 / Gunter Bischof
  • Eisenhower, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons: The Strategy and Political Economy of Alliance Security / Robert A. Wampler
  • Eisenhower and Mao's China / Gordon H. Chang
  • Eisenhower and the Germans / Thomas A. Schwartz
  • U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1953-1958: A Test of Eisenhower Revisionism / Steven F. Grover
  • Epilogue: Eisenhower's Legacy / Stephen E. Ambrose
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9780807119426
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Eisenhower : a centenary assessment
Title
Eisenhower
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a centenary assessment
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edited by Günter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose
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Language
eng
Summary
  • In observance of Dwight David Eisenhower's one-hundredth birthday in 1990, the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans sponsored a series of lectures by distinguished American and European scholars who espouse an exciting breadth of interpretation regarding the man and his times. In Eisenhower: A Centenary Assessment, Gunter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose have assembled thirteen of those lectures, revised and updated, thus providing an important contribution
  • to scholarship on the thirty-fourth United States president. The collection is truly balanced in the interpretative sense, with essays by leading revisionist and postrevisionist scholars on Eisenhower. Four of the essays address Eisenhower historiography and his role as military commander, two concern his presidential domestic policies, and the remainder represent an assortment of ongoing research into select areas of his foreign policy by a younger generation of
  • scholars, demonstrating how much the evaluation of Eisenhower's handling of foreign affairs remains in ferment. Ambrose concludes the volume with a broad summary of Eisenhower's achievements and legacies. As Bischof and Ambrose state in their Introduction, Eisenhower played a central role for so long and so crucial a period in twentieth-century history that his impact, contributions, successes, and failures will be subject to reinterpretation and debate for as long as
  • Western civilization lasts. His reputation has already undergone ups and downs - from the negative opinions of his contemporaries to the enthusiasm of revisionists in the late seventies and early eighties to the more critical assessments of postrevisionist scholars in the late eighties and the nineties. Such is the inevitable cycle of scholarship, to look at old problems with new perspectives, using new documentation or innovative methods, to arrive at new conclusions
  • This centennial reexamination of Eisenhower's place in history will remain a milestone in years to come
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  • Bischof, Günter
  • Ambrose, Stephen E
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Eisenhower Center studies on war and peace
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  • Eisenhower, Dwight D.
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D.
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • United States
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Eisenhower : a centenary assessment, edited by Günter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-266) and index
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volume
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txt
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Contents
Foreword / Andrew J. Goodpaster -- The Genesis of The Supreme Command: Personal Impressions of Eisenhower the General / Forrest C. Pogue -- Eisenhower and the British / M. R. D. Foot -- Eisenhower's Leadership Style / Fred Greenstein -- Forging the Weapon: Eisenhower as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1950-1952 / Thomas M. Sisk -- Eisenhower, the Judiciary, and Desegregation: Some Reflections / Stanley I. Kutler -- Eisenhower and American Society / William L. O'Neill -- The Importance of Foreign Policy Process: Eisenhower and the National Security Council / Anna K. Nelson -- Eisenhower and the Problem of Loose Ends / H. W. Brands -- Eisenhower, the Summit, and the Austrian Treaty, 1953-1955 / Gunter Bischof -- Eisenhower, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons: The Strategy and Political Economy of Alliance Security / Robert A. Wampler -- Eisenhower and Mao's China / Gordon H. Chang -- Eisenhower and the Germans / Thomas A. Schwartz -- U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1953-1958: A Test of Eisenhower Revisionism / Steven F. Grover -- Epilogue: Eisenhower's Legacy / Stephen E. Ambrose
Control code
ocm30894607
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 281 pages
Isbn
9780807119426
Lccn
94027045
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
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  • (OCoLC)30894607
  • (Sirsi) a577019
Label
Eisenhower : a centenary assessment, edited by Günter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-266) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Andrew J. Goodpaster -- The Genesis of The Supreme Command: Personal Impressions of Eisenhower the General / Forrest C. Pogue -- Eisenhower and the British / M. R. D. Foot -- Eisenhower's Leadership Style / Fred Greenstein -- Forging the Weapon: Eisenhower as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 1950-1952 / Thomas M. Sisk -- Eisenhower, the Judiciary, and Desegregation: Some Reflections / Stanley I. Kutler -- Eisenhower and American Society / William L. O'Neill -- The Importance of Foreign Policy Process: Eisenhower and the National Security Council / Anna K. Nelson -- Eisenhower and the Problem of Loose Ends / H. W. Brands -- Eisenhower, the Summit, and the Austrian Treaty, 1953-1955 / Gunter Bischof -- Eisenhower, NATO, and Nuclear Weapons: The Strategy and Political Economy of Alliance Security / Robert A. Wampler -- Eisenhower and Mao's China / Gordon H. Chang -- Eisenhower and the Germans / Thomas A. Schwartz -- U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1953-1958: A Test of Eisenhower Revisionism / Steven F. Grover -- Epilogue: Eisenhower's Legacy / Stephen E. Ambrose
Control code
ocm30894607
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xx, 281 pages
Isbn
9780807119426
Lccn
94027045
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)30894607
  • (Sirsi) a577019

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