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Ike's Bluff

By Evan Thomas

Ike's Bluff book

Ike's Bluff

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Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a doddering lightweight, behind the bland smile and simple speech was a master tactician. To end the hostilities, Eisenhower would take a colossal risk by bluffing that he might use nuclear weapons against the Communist Chinese, while at the same time restraining his generals and advisors who favored the strikes. Ike's gamble was of such magnitude that there could be but two outcomes: thousands of lives saved, or millions of lives lost. A tense, vivid and revisionist account of a president who was then, and still is today, underestimated, Ike's Bluff is history at its most provocative and thrilling.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
496
Release Date:
2013-09-10
Publication Date:
2013-09-10
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0316091030
ISBN13:
9780316091039
Weight:
433 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
50 cm
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