CONTENTS

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Introduction

1 President-Elect, November 1952–January 11, 1953

2 Inauguration, January 12–January 20, 1953

3 Getting Started, January 21–March 31, 1953

4 The Chance for Peace, April 1–June 30, 1953

5 Peace in Korea, Coup in Iran, July 1–September 30, 1953

6 Atoms for Peace, October 1–December 31, 1953

7 Bricker, McCarthy, Bravo, Vietnam, January 1–May 7, 1954

8 McCarthy, Guatemala, SEATO, May 8–September 8, 1954

9 Quemoy and Matsu, Off-Year Elections, September 3–December 31, 1954

10 The Formosa Doctrine, January 1–June 20, 1955

11 Open Skies, June—September 1955

12 Heart Attack, September—December 1955

13 Recovery, January—March 1956

14 The Tyranny of the Weak, April—September 1956

15 Election, Suez, Hungary, September 19–December 31, 1956

16 The Eisenhower Doctrine, January—July 1957

17 The High Cost of Defense, Nuclear Testing, Civil Rights, January—July 1957

18 Little Rock, Sputnik, August—November 1957

19 Problems: Stroke, Dulles, Disarmament, Space Race, December 1957–April 1958

20 Lebanon, Sherman Adams, Disarmament, Quemoy and Matsu, Other Woes, May—September 1958

21 Elections, Test-Ban Talks, Berlin, Fidel, October 1958–February 1959

22 A Revival, February—June 1959

23 Traveling for Peace, July–December 1959

24 High Hopes and Unhappy Realities, January—June 1960

25 A Bad Summer and a Terrible Fall, July 1–November 9, 1960

26 Transition, November 9, 1960—January 20, 1961

27 The Eisenhower Presidency: An Assessment, 1953–1961

28 Elder Statesman, January 1961–November 1963

29 Johnson, Goldwater, Vietnam, November 23, 1963–March 1968

30 Taps, March 1968–March 28, 1969

Acknowledgments

Photographs

About Stephen E. Ambrose

Notes

Bibliography

Index