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Official Army Registers: January 1, 1939 - January 1, 1945 by Adjutant General's Office (not listed in Goodread's database)



(no image) American Defense Policy From Eisenhower To Kennedy: The Politics Of Changing Military Requirements, 1957 1961 by Richard A. Aliano (no photo)


















(no image) A Guide To The American Battle Fields In Europe by American Battle Monuments Commission (no photo)



(no image) History of the State of Kansas, containing a full account of its growth from an uninhabited territory to a wealthy and important State by A. T. Andreas (no photo)











(no image) Italy in the Second World War: Memories and Documents by Pietro Badoglio (no photo)
(no image) Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters by Ray Stannard Baker (no photo)
















(no image) Politics And Policies Of The Truman Administration by Barton J. Bernstein (no photo)

















U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: Surveillance of Radicals in the United States, 1917-1941 by Randolph Boehm (no photo) (not listed in Goodread's database)


(no image) Ace in the Hole: Why the United States Did Not Use Nuclear Weapons in the Cold War, 1945 to 1965 by Timothy J. Botti (no photo)











(no image) Doctrine of the Old Order River Brethren by Laban T. Brechbill (no photo)




(no image) Adlai Stevenson and American Politics: The Odyssey of a Cold War Liberal by Jeff Broadwater (no photo)







(no image) Patrick J. Hurley and American Foreign Policy by Russell D. Buhite (no photo)




























(no image) Bellamy Park: Memoirs by Bradford Grethen Chynoweth (no photo)




















(no image) What Father Forbad by Virginia Conner (no photo)






















(no image) Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952 by Paul David (no photo)

















































































































































(no image) The Diary of James C. Hagerty: Eisenhower in Mid-Course, 1954-1955 by James C. Hagerty (no photo)



























































(no image) The Trial of German Major War Criminals Pts. 1-23: Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremburg Germany by International Military Tribunal (no photo)


































































































































































A History of Large-Scale Army Maneuvers in the United States, 1935-1964 by Jean R. Moenk (not listed in Goodreads' database)




















"One Soldier's Journey." Unpublished manuscript. 4 vols. by George Van Horn Moseley (not listed in Goodreads' database)
































































































(no image) Complete Presidential Press Conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt by































































































(no image) The Articles of War, Annotated by Lee S. Tillotson by Lee S. Tillotson (no photo)












(no image) Demographic Yearbook 1960 by



(no image) The Statistical History of the United States, from Colonial Times to the Present =: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 by United States Bureau of the Census (no photo)



(no image) Foreign Relations of the United States, 1942. Vol. 2, Europe by United States Department of State (no photo)
(no image) Foreign Relations of the United States, 1943. Vol. 2, Europe by United States Department of State (no photo)
(no image) Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945. Vol. 3. by United States Department of State (no photo)
(no image) Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950. Vol. 3, Western Europe by United States Department of State (no photo)

(no image) Foreign relations of the United States, 1952-1954. Vol. 1, General: Economic and Political Matters by United States Department of State (no photo)



(no image) National Security Policy: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955-1957, Vol. XIX by United States Department of State (no photo)

















































































Folks, I want to thank assisting moderator Teri for doing a yeoman's job at adding all of the books and references in the Bibliography done by Jean Edward Smith for the book Eisenhower in War and Peace - what a great effort.
Everyone, please look through this list - there are tons of great books and references that you might want to read after Eisenhower in War and Peace.
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Jean Edward Smith
Everyone, please look through this list - there are tons of great books and references that you might want to read after Eisenhower in War and Peace.


Folks if you come across any good ancillary books that you would like to add and give a synopsis of - please feel free to do so - just make sure to do the full citation.
Thanks all and especially Teri.
Thanks all and especially Teri.



Mamie Doud Eisenhowr: The General's First Lady
by Marilyn Irvin Holt
Synopsis:
It was fitting for a soldier's wife to make curtains out of military-surplus parachutes. That they would hang in the White House made little difference.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. She gave us "Mamie pink" and "Mamie bangs" but has stood in the shadows of first ladies who followed.
Yet she accomplished more than even her own contemporaries noticed, and her popularity not only enhanced her husband's presidency but also put a distinctive stamp on the role of first lady.
This first scholarly biography of Mamie Eisenhower draws on original sources in the Eisenhower Library to paint a realistic and captivating portrait. Marilyn Irvin Holt places her in the context of her time, showing that she was a perfect first lady for the fifties--a stylish grandmother who doted on her family and considered her job to be creating a home life that eased her husband's work tensions. But Holt shows that besides being steadfastly devoted to Ike, Mamie Eisenhower employed her own "hidden hand" to boost his image.
Holt recaptures the winning personality that made Mrs. Eisenhower an important part of both her husband's success and her cultural milieu, and relates how her experience as an army wife-with overseas postings, acquaintance with heads of state, and experience as an accomplished hostess-better prepared her for the White House. Holt reveals that there was much more to Mamie Eisenhower than the housewife she described herself as, showing us instead a resourceful first lady who ran the executive mansion like an army sergeant, relished charity work, and promoted cultural events.
As an agent for change, Mamie Eisenhower not only entertained foreign dignitaries but also invited African Americans to the White House when tensions over civil rights were mounting. Holt shares other behind-the-scenes stories of the first lady flying in the face of social and political expectations during the McCarthy era, and also debunks prevailing notions of animosity with Pat Nixon.
Although Ike's reputation has rebounded in recent years, Mamie's has remained in the shadows. Holt convincingly shows that there was far more to this neglected first lady than she has received credit for.

Synopsis:
It was fitting for a soldier's wife to make curtains out of military-surplus parachutes. That they would hang in the White House made little difference.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. She gave us "Mamie pink" and "Mamie bangs" but has stood in the shadows of first ladies who followed.
Yet she accomplished more than even her own contemporaries noticed, and her popularity not only enhanced her husband's presidency but also put a distinctive stamp on the role of first lady.
This first scholarly biography of Mamie Eisenhower draws on original sources in the Eisenhower Library to paint a realistic and captivating portrait. Marilyn Irvin Holt places her in the context of her time, showing that she was a perfect first lady for the fifties--a stylish grandmother who doted on her family and considered her job to be creating a home life that eased her husband's work tensions. But Holt shows that besides being steadfastly devoted to Ike, Mamie Eisenhower employed her own "hidden hand" to boost his image.
Holt recaptures the winning personality that made Mrs. Eisenhower an important part of both her husband's success and her cultural milieu, and relates how her experience as an army wife-with overseas postings, acquaintance with heads of state, and experience as an accomplished hostess-better prepared her for the White House. Holt reveals that there was much more to Mamie Eisenhower than the housewife she described herself as, showing us instead a resourceful first lady who ran the executive mansion like an army sergeant, relished charity work, and promoted cultural events.
As an agent for change, Mamie Eisenhower not only entertained foreign dignitaries but also invited African Americans to the White House when tensions over civil rights were mounting. Holt shares other behind-the-scenes stories of the first lady flying in the face of social and political expectations during the McCarthy era, and also debunks prevailing notions of animosity with Pat Nixon.
Although Ike's reputation has rebounded in recent years, Mamie's has remained in the shadows. Holt convincingly shows that there was far more to this neglected first lady than she has received credit for.
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