01728cam a2200361 i 4500 623675190 TxAuBib 20121025120000.0 120517s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012019640 9780316091046 0316091049 (OCoLC)776523661 DLC eng rda DLC YDX BTCTA BDX UKMGB OCLCO PHA BUR YDXCP MLY ILC WIM CDX OCLCO BWX LML TXKPL TxAuBib rda Thomas, Evan, 1951- Ike's bluff : President Eisenhower's secret battle to save the world / Evan Thomas. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012. x, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-467) and index. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet behind the bland smile and apparent simplemindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician that is revealed in this provocative examination of Ike's White House years. 20121025. Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969. Cold War Diplomatic history. National security United States History 20th century. Nuclear weapons Government policy United States History 20th century. Nuclear warfare Government policy United States History 20th century. United States Foreign relations 1953-1961. TXKPL