Holding the Line The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1961

Name: Holding the Line The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1961
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ISBN: 9780253201935

ISBN-10: 0253201934

ISBN-13: 9780253201935

Edition: 5th

Authors: Charles C. Alexander

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Alexander sees the characteristic feature of the Eisenhower era as an effort to "hold the line" -- against Communism, against big government, against intellectual challenge, against disruptive social change. The period 1952-1961 is examined in trenchant detail by the author, who focuses on domestic politics and foreign policy but also examines economic, social, intellectual, and cultural aspects of the period. He scrutinizes such features of the fifties as McCarthyism, the Korean conflict, Dulles's system of global alliances, the early involvement in Vietnam, the economic boom, the appearance of giant conglomerates, the emergence of Black protest, the gathering crisis of the cities, and the…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/22/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



Korea, Communism Corruption



The Ordeal of power



Rhetoric and Reality In Foreign policy



Affluence and Anxiety



Equilibrium Endorsed



Breakdown of The Eisenhower Equilibrium



The Eisenhower Resurgence


Essay on Bibliography


Index