The Macmillan-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1957-69

ISBN-13: 9781403912930 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 436 str.

Bruce E. Geelhoed; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Bruce E. Geelhoed

Opis

Eisenhower and Macmillan had a huge impact as leaders of the free world and were committed to the Anglo-American leadership of that world. This complete collection of their letters throws light on world politics, diplomacy and history.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction: The Strange Twilight That Was Neither War Nor Peace 1957: Repairing the Special Relationship 1958: The Policy Dimension of the Macmillan-Eisenhower Relationship 1959: Ike, Mac and Mr. K 1960: Disappointment and Renewal Epilogue Note on Sources

O autorze

E. BRUCE GEELHOED is Director of the Centre for Middletown Studies and Professor of History at Ball State University. His published work includes Charles E. Wilson and Controversy at the Pentagon, 1953 to 1957 and Eisenhower, Macmillan and Allied Unity, 1957-1961 (with Anthony O. Edmonds). His academic specialities are the Eisenhower presidency and American national defense policy.

ANTHONY O. EDMONDS is Professor of History at Ball State University. He is the author of Joe Louis, The War in Vietnam and Ball State University: An Interpretative History (with E. Bruce Geelhoed). His academic specialities include US foreign policy and US sports history. He has received eight awards for outstanding teaching.