![]() “Ike and McCarthy” is Nichols’ third book seeking to reassess - and upgrade - history’s appreciation of Eisenhower’s political and leadership savvy in an area where some have thought Ike was lacking: 2011’s “Eisenhower 1956” details his role in foreign affairs, tamping down the Suez crisis before it turned into World War III, while 2007’s “A Matter of Justice” repositions the 34th president as being more progressive on civil rights than previous biographers have suggested.Īs in those books, in “Ike and McCarthy” Nichols dives deep into the archives to make his case - this time, that Eisenhower planned and mobilized a behind-the-scenes campaign to thwart McCarthy. Nichols in his new book, “Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy.” In fact, Eisenhower so loathed the communist-hunting Republican senator from Wisconsin that, as president, he set in motion a plan to bring him down, asserts biographer David A. Nichols Simon & Schusterĭwight Eisenhower never liked Joseph McCarthy.Īccording to Eisenhower’s brother, Milton, the former five-star general turned politician “loathed McCarthy as much as any human being could loathe another.” ![]() ![]() “Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower’s Secret Campaign Against Joseph McCarthy” by David A. ![]()
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