George Humphrey Charles Wilson And Eisenhower S War On Spending

Author : James Worthen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476677859

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George Humphrey, Charles Wilson and Eisenhower's War on Spending by James Worthen Pdf

 The first Republican president since the Great Depression, Dwight Eisenhower was the victorious supreme allied commander of World War II's European theater, but a political novice when he moved into the White House in 1953. To help make domestic policy, he recruited two of the country's richest businessmen--Cleveland industrialist George Humphrey and General Motors president Charles Wilson--with the goals of ensuring American postwar prosperity and developing a defense posture against the nuclear threat of the Soviet Union. This book provides the first detailed examination of how Humphrey and Wilson helped shape Eisenhower's policies and priorities. Persuasive and charming, Treasury Secretary Humphrey was obsessed with cutting spending. Defense Secretary Wilson--whose departmental funding comprised most of the federal budget--bore the brunt of Humphrey's anti-spending campaign, while struggling to master his brief and control the restive military bureaucracy. The frugality of the Humphrey-Wilson years manifested in an unambitious domestic agenda and a military that seemed to lag behind the Soviets in key areas, leading to disastrous Republican losses in the elections of 1958 and 1960.

Author : John W. Sloan
Publisher : Studies in Government & Public
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4396987

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Eisenhower and the Management of Prosperity by John W. Sloan Pdf

Three years out of eight, President Eisenhower achieved a balanced budget.

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781504026307

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Real Lace by Stephen Birmingham Pdf

Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engendered Author Stephen Birmingham, who chronicled the rise of Jewish immigrants to extraordinary wealth and success in “Our Crowd”, now turns his attention to the Irish. Real Lace tells the colorful and fascinating true stories of America’s most renowned Irish-Catholic families. Scions of courageous, driven, and resilient men and women who escaped starvation during Ireland’s terrible potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century, they battled their way out of the slums of Boston and New York, overcoming prejudice and poverty to achieve great wealth, fame, and political power. Here are the remarkable tales of the Kennedys and Cuddihys; the astonishing rise and tragic fall of the McDonnells of Wall Street; thrilling yarns of Floods, Mackays, O’Briens, and other so-called Silver Kings of California; and unforgettable stories about brilliant, if not always scrupulous, Irish politicos who learned how to retain enduring power by perfecting the urban political machine. Birmingham’s enthralling history celebrates the pluck, blarney, and unshakeable spirit of a remarkable group of achievers.

Author : Herbert Brownell,John P. Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015029478883

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Advising Ike by Herbert Brownell,John P. Burke Pdf

In this enlightening volume, Brownell--the man Dwight D. Eisenhower said would make an outstanding president--recounts his achievements and trials as the GOP's most successful presidential operative of the 1940s and '50s, and as Attorney General at a crucial time in American history. Political science professor an coauthor, Burke is the author of The Institutional Presidency. 26 photographs.

Author : Aaron L. Friedberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400842919

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In the Shadow of the Garrison State by Aaron L. Friedberg Pdf

War--or the threat of war--usually strengthens states as governments tax, draft soldiers, exert control over industrial production, and dampen internal dissent in order to build military might. The United States, however, was founded on the suspicion of state power, a suspicion that continued to gird its institutional architecture and inform the sentiments of many of its politicians and citizens through the twentieth century. In this comprehensive rethinking of postwar political history, Aaron Friedberg convincingly argues that such anti-statist inclinations prevented Cold War anxieties from transforming the United States into the garrison state it might have become in their absence. Drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources, including newly available archival materials, Friedberg concludes that the "weakness" of the American state served as a profound source of national strength that allowed the United States to outperform and outlast its supremely centralized and statist rival: the Soviet Union. Friedberg's analysis of the U. S. government's approach to taxation, conscription, industrial planning, scientific research and development, and armaments manufacturing reveals that the American state did expand during the early Cold War period. But domestic constraints on its expansion--including those stemming from mean self-interest as well as those guided by a principled belief in the virtues of limiting federal power--protected economic vitality, technological superiority, and public support for Cold War activities. The strategic synthesis that emerged by the early 1960s was functional as well as stable, enabling the United States to deter, contain, and ultimately outlive the Soviet Union precisely because the American state did not limit unduly the political, personal, and economic freedom of its citizens. Political scientists, historians, and general readers interested in Cold War history will value this thoroughly researched volume. Friedberg's insightful scholarship will also inspire future policy by contributing to our understanding of how liberal democracy's inherent qualities nurture its survival and spread.

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780449909331

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The Fifties by David Halberstam Pdf

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Author : Valerie L. Adams
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0739109588

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Eisenhower's Fine Group of Fellows by Valerie L. Adams Pdf

Eisenhower's Fine Group of Fellows examines the contributions and management of civilians during the Eisenhower administration. Valerie Adams provides a concise history of the roles played by civilian advisers in developing a national security strategy. By examining the successful utilization of civilians in the Eisenhower administration, Adams draws lessons for the future from our recent past. The cooperation of Eisenhower's administration was exemplary in many aspects, including: the management of ad hoc civilian committees, the utilization of science and technology, and the personal leadership of Eisenhower himself. Eisenhower's Fine Group of Fellows draws a blueprint from the past for the future and is of great interest to historians of the period and forward thinkers.

Author : James T. Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015027275885

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America in the Twentieth Century by James T. Patterson Pdf

One of the most authoritative texts on modern America, this concise, readable survey of twentieth century American history has been a reliable source for more than twenty years. The text has evolved from a book which primarily covered political and diplomatic history to one which devotes considerable space to areas of special interest such as African American history, women's history, urbanization, the role of ethnic groups, changing sexual mores, the power of corporations and the conflict of economic groups, and trends in regional and national values. The author offers contemporary interpretations and presents various sides of controversial issues.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210026416857

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Veryan Khan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : United States
ISBN : UCSC:32106020062169

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Beacham's Encyclopedia of Social Change by Veryan Khan Pdf

Traces the evolution of social ideas and values in the United States during the twentieth century, using such indicators as advertising, crime and justice, family life, fashion, music, race and class, sex and gender, and work.

Author : Thomas Neville Bonner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X000372481

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Our Recent Past by Thomas Neville Bonner Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : World history
ISBN : UCSD:31822042758979

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Year by Anonim Pdf

The dramatic picture-history of the year in 1,000 photographs. All important world and national news events. Fully indexed

Author : William T. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : History
ISBN : OSU:32435067100016

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Year by William T. Adams Pdf

Each annual volume has a simple purpose: through its words and pictures, to bring into sharp focus for every member of your family all the significant events of the year. It is the history of yesterday and the hint of tomorrow. Year's three basic divisions, National Affairs, World Affairs, and American scene, and its many subdivisions, present the panorama of the past 12 months in a clear, logical, easy-to-read and constantly entertaining and instructive form. - Publisher.

Author : Dennis Merrill,Thomas G. Paterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028887540

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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Since 1914 by Dennis Merrill,Thomas G. Paterson Pdf

Author : Sherman Adams
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015007060786

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Firsthand Report by Sherman Adams Pdf