A pocket history of the United StatesWashington Square Press, 1986 - 689 pages A broad overview of American history from its beginnings to the 1980s. |
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Page 520
... Eisenhower in mid-September in the president's house at Columbia University, and emerged with a statement which seemed to imply that the general had met most of his demands. Both presidential candidates made a series of long tours ...
... Eisenhower in mid-September in the president's house at Columbia University, and emerged with a statement which seemed to imply that the general had met most of his demands. Both presidential candidates made a series of long tours ...
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... Eisenhower's great vote assisted numerous Republican members who stood on the verge of defeat, the Democrats would have controlled both chambers. Eisenhower made it clear that his great hope would be to unite the party, unite the ...
... Eisenhower's great vote assisted numerous Republican members who stood on the verge of defeat, the Democrats would have controlled both chambers. Eisenhower made it clear that his great hope would be to unite the party, unite the ...
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... Eisenhower at Geneva As WORLD TENSIONS SHOWED DO relaxation, the United States had to meet crisis after crisis as best it could. The detonation of two hydrogen bombs in the Pacific in 1954 gave the country no sense of security, for the ...
... Eisenhower at Geneva As WORLD TENSIONS SHOWED DO relaxation, the United States had to meet crisis after crisis as best it could. The detonation of two hydrogen bombs in the Pacific in 1954 gave the country no sense of security, for the ...
Contents
THE PLANTING OF THE COLONIES | 1 |
THE COLONIAL HERITAGE | 23 |
THE IMPERIAL PROBLEM | 50 |
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