Examines the life and accomplishments of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a World War II hero who served as the thirty-fourth president of the United States, and includes a glossary, chronology, and references.
Discusses the culture and historical events of the 1950s, covering the media, leisure, and such incidents as the Korean War, civil rights, the Hungarian uprising, and the polio vaccine.
Provides a chronological account of the 1960 presidential campaign discussing candidates, parties, issues, political conventions, and the election's outcome.
Chronicles the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower the thirty-fourth president of the United States, covering his childhood, education, military career and wartime service, political career and presidency, and personal life.
Contains eleven essays in which the authors present varying viewpoints on the methods used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his efforts to expose communists in U.S. government, and offer their assessments of McCarthy and McCarthyism.
Examines the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, discussing his efforts to contain communism and to avoid war in Vietnam, as well as his involvement with McCarthyism and the desegregation of schools. Includes brief biographical information.
While on a trip in 1956 to visit her grandmother in the South, six-year-old Sarah Marie experiences segregation for the first time, but discovers that things have changed by the time she returns the following year.
