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From historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a brilliant telling of the war in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. This authoritative narrative account is drawn by the author himself from his five acclaimed books about that conflict, most particularly from the definitive and comprehensive D-Day and Citizen Soldiers. The Victors includes stories of individual battles, raids, acts of courage and suffering...
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Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today with a focus on Eisenhower's years as a five-star general and his time as the thirty-fourth President of the United States.
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House document volume 91st Congress, 1st session, no. 195
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U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1970
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English
11) Ike and Kay
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The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Reimagines the affair between General Eisenhower and Kay Summersby as they traveled through Europe together on the eve of the final assault on Nazi Germany.
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Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1986
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English
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In this biography about Dwight D. Eisenhower, Piers Brendon reveals how his impact upon the course of the western world is still being calculated. Witty and morally penetrating, Ike is an account of a man and an era that have put a profound stamp on our present and on our future. -- Jacket.
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2011
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English
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The Dwight Eisenhower of popular imagination is a benign figure armed with a putter. The Eisenhower of journalist Jim Newton's rendering is shrewd and tempestuous. Mocked as a blunderbuss, he was a meticulous manager. Admired as a general, he was a champion of peace. Eisenhower enforced desegregation, built an interstate highway system, ground down Joseph McCarthy - and was the last president until Clinton to leave the country in the black.
