1890-1969

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1890-1969

Ho Chi Minh

North Vietnamese president
2012
Provides an overview of the life of North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh, discussing his role in North Vietnam's fight for independence, his impact on the country's government, economy, and culture, his legacy, and other related topics.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States

1989
Presents a biography of the West Point graduate who served as Supreme Military Commander during World War II and as the thirty-fourth President of the United States.

Eisenhower and the cold war

1981
Details Dwight D. Eisenhower's attempts to ease the Cold War and moderate the nuclear arms race while he was President of the United States.

Ho Chi Minh

from revolutionary to icon
2007
Tells the life story of Vietnamese revolutionary and president Ho Chi Minh, describing the development of his political and social ideas and discussing the Indochina Wars.

Eisenhower at war, 1943-1945

1986
Describes the public career of Dwight Eisenhower beginning at the time he was named Supreme Commander after the Teheran Conference in 1943, during World War II.

The origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine

the US, Britain and Nasser's Egypt, 1953-57
2000
Examines the relationship between the United States and Egypt from 1953 to 1957, discussing Cold War priorities and the Middle East, American diplomacy and the Anglo-Egyptian treaty, Operation Omega and the policy of antagonism, and more.

The Eisenhower years

2010
A comprehensive overview of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency with alphabetically arranged entries that profile key members of his administration, and examines crucial events, policies, and issues of the era. Includes a chronology and a selection of primary documents.

Total Cold War

Eisenhower's secret propaganda battle at home and abroad
2006
Chronicles the secret psychological warfare programs America developed at the height of the Cold War and explains how those propaganda campaigns targeted virtually every country in the free world.

Ho

2007
A biography of former Vietnamese president and revolutionary Ho Chi Minh that discusses his life and the path leading up to his political struggle for Vietnamese independence.

Ike's final battle

the road to Little Rock and the challenge of equality
2007
Recounts how President Dwight D. Eisenhower dealt with the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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