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Book They Still Call Him Ike

Download or read book They Still Call Him Ike written by Henry B. Jameson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ike the Soldier

Download or read book Ike the Soldier written by Merle Miller and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 1409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Plain Speaking and Lyndon comes this “vivid and consistently absorbing record of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s military career” (Kirkus Reviews). Bringing together thousands of hours of interviews with the men and women who were closest to him, Merle Miller has constructed a revealing and personal biography of the man who would become the supreme commander. From his childhood in Kansas to West Point, World War I, and Europe where he led the Allied Forces to a hard-won victory in World War II, Ike the Soldier goes behind the historic battles and into the heart and mind of Ike Eisenhower. Miller has crafted the defining biography on the life of the thirty-fourth president, bringing more depth to the man many thought they knew. His strained relationships with his father, brothers, and son are brought into focus; as well as his love affair with his wife Mamie, and his relationship with Kay Summersby—his driver turned companion and confidante during WWII. “An informed and balanced tribute to a world-class leader whose remarkable character gains greater luster with the passage of time.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a highly enjoyable look at Ike’s personal and official relationships with the people most important to him during the first 55 years of his life, including family, Army and Allied colleagues and heads of state.” —Publishers Weekly

Book Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan

Download or read book Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How Ike Led

Download or read book How Ike Led written by Susan Eisenhower and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time—by a DC policy strategist, security expert and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, Ike was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing, as well as his strong character and his personal discipline, but he also avoided making himself the center of things. He was a man of judgment, and steadying force. He sought national unity, by pursuing a course he called the "Middle Way" that tried to make winners on both sides of any issue. Ike was a strategic, not an operational leader, who relied on a rigorous pursuit of the facts for decision-making. His talent for envisioning a whole, especially in the context of the long game, and his ability to see causes and various consequences, explains his success as Allied Commander and as President. After making a decision, he made himself accountable for it, recognizing that personal responsibility is the bedrock of sound principles. Susan Eisenhower's How Ike Led shows us not just what a great American did, but why—and what we can learn from him today.

Book The Furniture Journal

Download or read book The Furniture Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Argosy

Download or read book The Golden Argosy written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bangkok Connection

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ron Chepesiuk
  • Publisher : Maverick House
  • Release : 2014-12-20
  • ISBN : 1905379927
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Bangkok Connection written by Ron Chepesiuk and published by Maverick House . This book was released on 2014-12-20 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Bangkok Connection' chronicles the story of Leslie 'Ike' Atkinson, charismatic former U.S. army master sergeant, career smuggler, card shark and doting family man whom law-enforcement agencies code-named Sergeant Smack. His criminal activities sparked the creation of a special DEA unit code-named Centac 9.

Book Industrial World

Download or read book Industrial World written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ike s Mystery Man

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Shinkle
  • Publisher : Steerforth Press / Truth to Power
  • Release : 2022-01-18
  • ISBN : 1586423142
  • Pages : 489 pages

Download or read book Ike s Mystery Man written by Peter Shinkle and published by Steerforth Press / Truth to Power. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. Cutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI. This gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved.

Book Aerial Age Weekly

Download or read book Aerial Age Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Smart Set

Download or read book The Smart Set written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ike and Kay

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  • Author : James MacManus
  • Publisher : Abrams
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 1468316362
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Ike and Kay written by James MacManus and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical novel based on the true story of the secret love affair at the heart of World War II amidst the Blitz in London. In 1942, Kay Summersby's life is changed forever when she is conscripted to drive General Eisenhower on his fact-finding visit to wartime London. Despite Eisenhower’s marriage to Mamie, the pair takes an immediate liking to each other, and he buys Kay a rare wartime luxury: a box of chocolates. So begins a tumultuous relationship that, against all military regulation, sees Kay traveling with Eisenhower on missions to far-flung places before the final assault on Nazi Germany. The general does dangerously little to conceal his affair with the woman widely known as “Ike’s shadow,” and in letters Mamie bemoans his new obsession with “Ireland.” That does not stop him from using his influence to grant Kay citizenship and rank in the U.S. Army, drawing her closer still when he returns to America. When officials discover Eisenhower’s plans to divorce from his wife, they threaten the fragile but passionate affair, and Kay is forced to take desperate measures to hold onto the man she loves . . . Based on the scandalous true story of General Eisenhower’s secret World War II love affair, Ike and Kay is a compelling story of love, duty, sacrifice, and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century. Praise for Ike and Kay “Ike and Kay sets the backdrop for an important time in history . . . [and] brings to life controversial romances and characters that shaped world history during the twentieth century.” —Buzzfeed “This poignant novel recreates the war years and explores how a relationship can alter lives and history. Anyone interested in WWII history will savor this beautifully written love story that displays another side to Eisenhower and the war.” —RT Book Reviews “With keen eye for historical detail and strong narrative voice, MacManus has expertly and artfully painted an intimate, authentic portrait of love, duty, and sacrifice against the backdrop of the greatest events of the 20th century. Masterful!”—Pam Jenoff, New York Times–bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale

Book The Enforcer  The Taskforce Series  Book 3

Download or read book The Enforcer The Taskforce Series Book 3 written by Marliss Melton and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATF Special Agent Tobias Burke is undercover in West Virginia, infiltrating a militia led by Captain Dylan Connelly, suspected of murdering the Secretary of Defense Dylan, once the Army's battalion leader of Mortuary Affairs, now works as a physician at the local Veterans Hospital, while leading her late-father's Seventh Amendment Militia. When Tobias Burke shows up to enlist, with his ladies-man humor and lovable Labrador retriever, Dylan knows his killer charm hides an ulterior motive. As evidence against Dylan mounts, Tobias's instincts--and then his heart--betray him into wondering if Dylan is being framed. Now, with Dylan's militia locked in a stand-off with the FBI and the nation watching the drama unfold on television, Tobias stares down the barrel of the most difficult choice in his life: expose the real killer and clear Dylan's name, or follow orders. REVIEWS: "...a well-written tale, steeped in the hardships of those who have experienced the horrors of war. THE ENFORCER is in a league of its own." ~Natasza Waters, InD’tale Magazine THE TASKFORCE SERIES, in order The Protector The Guardian The Enforcer THE ECHO PLATOON SERIES, in order Danger Close

Book General Ike

Download or read book General Ike written by John Eisenhower and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique perspective on one of history's greatest leaders--by an acclaimed military historian and the man who knew Ike best--his son John.

Book This Quarter

Download or read book This Quarter written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Adventures of Sally

Download or read book The Adventures of Sally written by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1922 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.