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The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader

Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower White House. In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legacy for the larger understanding of presidential leadership in modern America.

Subject
biographyhistorypoliticsleadership
Themes
presidents
Setting
20th centuryUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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