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Two Americans

By Miller, William Lee

Two Americans

By Miller, William Lee

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From William Lee Miller, the highly regarded biographer of Abraham Lincoln, a riveting dual examination of Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower that explores the similarities and equally striking differences of two remarkable men in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture and politics. Two Americans weaves together the life stories of Truman and Eisenhower, showing how these future presidents, born six years apart from each other in small farming towns, were emblematic of their Midwestern upbringings and their generation. Miller also shows how their markedly different life experiences during World War I and between the world wars would shape their choices and the roles they played in the politics of the time, as Truman became the quintessential politician, and Eisenhower, the thoroughgoing anti-politician. Their personalities come alive in vividly described scenes of their collaboration during the war-torn 1940s; their dual, but different, roles in bringing the war to an end and shaping the postwar world; their growing disapproval of each other; and, finally, in 1952, the hostile bickering and maneuvering that characterized the passing of presidential power from one to the other.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
418
Release Date:
2013-01-08
Publication Date:
2013-01-08
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0307742644
ISBN13:
9780307742643
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
464 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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