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We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Today pundits
often look to Eisenhower as a model of how a president can govern
across party lines and protect American interests globally without
resorting too quickly to the use of force. Yet this mix of
nostalgia and frustration with the current polarized state of
American politics may mislead us. Eisenhower's presidency has much
to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and
showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so
strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the
early 21st century that we need to question how much of his style
could work in our own era. The chapters in this volume address the
lessons we can draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential
leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire
in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how
applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side,
they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move
public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to
solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that
Ike's exercise of "hidden-hand" leadership (in Fred Greenstein's
evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media
environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant
revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and
skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these
essays to reinforce their preconceptions-and much that is
unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader.
He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because
he was also a man of his time.
We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Today pundits
often look to Eisenhower as a model of how a president can govern
across party lines and protect American interests globally without
resorting too quickly to the use of force. Yet this mix of
nostalgia and frustration with the current polarized state of
American politics may mislead us. Eisenhower's presidency has much
to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and
showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so
strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the
early 21st century that we need to question how much of his style
could work in our own era. The chapters in this volume address the
lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for
presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find
much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying
opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time.
On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his
words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use
of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was
plain that Ike's exercise of "hidden-hand" leadership (in Fred
Greenstein's evocative term) would not be possible in the modern
media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and
instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and
skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these
essays to reinforce their preconceptions - and much that is
unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader.
He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because
he was also a man of his time.
A gripping tale of international intrigue, betrayal, and personal
drama during the darkest days of the Cold War, "Eisenhower 1956 "is
the first major book to examine the event in thirty years.
Debunking most historians' opinion that the Suez crisis was merely
a minor incident linked to the end of colonial rule in Egypt,
"Eisenhower 1956"--drawing on hundreds of newly declassified
documents--makes clear that it was the most dangerous crisis of
Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower used economic threats to force
his British, French, and Israeli allies to withdraw from Egypt and
put U.S. military forces on alert to deter Soviet intervention in
the Middle East. Current U.S. policy in the region dates to the
Suez crisis, when we replaced Great Britain as the guarantor of
stability.
Acclaimed Eisenhower expert David Nichols masterfully weaves great
personal drama--Eisenhower's two life-threatening illnesses--with
simultaneous world crises (America's closest allies invade Egypt
while the Soviets invade Hungary) and the final days of the 1956
presidential election campaign into a white-knuckle read.
""Lincoln and the Indians" has stood the test of time and offers
this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U.S.
government's Indian policies--and sometimes the lack
thereof--during the Civil War era. Providing a critical perspective
on Lincoln's role, Nichols sets forth an especially incisive
analysis of the trial of participants in the Dakota War of 1862 in
Minnesota and Lincoln's role in sparing the lives of most of those
who were convicted."
--James M. McPherson, Pulitzer P rize-winning author of "Battle Cry
of Freedom"
"For the Dakota people, the Indian System started with the Doctrine
of Discovery and continued through Abraham Lincoln's presidency and
beyond. The United States was bound to protect the rights of Indian
parties. But in the end, the guilty were glorified and the laws for
humanity disgraced. This book tells that story, and it should be
required reading at all educational institutions."
--Sheldon Wolfchild, independent filmmaker, artist, and actor
"Undoubtedly the best book published on Indian affairs in the years
of Lincoln's presidency."
--"American Historical Review"
David A. Nichols was vice president of academic affairs and dean of
the faculty at Southwestern College in Kansas. He is a leading
expert on the Eisenhower presidency, and his most recent book is
"Eisenhower 1956."
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