Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower

Chester J. Pach is a faculty member in the History Department at Ohio University. He is a preeminent historian in the field of U.S. foreign relations and a leading authority on the Eisenhower presidency. Pach is the author of The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (rev. ed.); Arming the Free World: The Origins of the United States Military Assistance Program, 1945-1950; and The Johnson Years. He continues to update the section on Eisenhower's foreign policy for the online version of American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature.

• Notes on Contributors xIntroduction: Eisenhower, Yesterday and Today 1Chester J. PachPart I General of the Army 71 Years of Preparation, 1890–1941 9Jonathan Reed Winkler2 Eisenhower in World War II 26Nicholas Evan Sarantakes3 Eisenhower and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945–1949 57Thomas Bruscino4 Eisenhower as NATO Commander 73Andrew M. JohnstonPart II President 93Ike’s America 955 The Baby Boom, Youth Culture, and Family Life 96Carolyn Herbst Lewis6 Cities and Suburbs in the Eisenhower Era 114Amy L. Scott7 American Politics at Mid-Century 134Gary W. ReichardLeadership and Politics 1518 Eisenhower Republicanism 152Steven Wagner9 Leadership and Decision-Making 169Richard V. DammsDomestic Policy 18910 Eisenhower, the Red Scare, and Domestic Anticommunism 190Andrew J. Falk11 Eisenhower and African American Civil Rights 207David A. Nichols12 Managing the Economy 227Iwan Morgan13 Eisenhower and Social Welfare 246Andrew Morris14 Natural Resources, Conservation, and the Environment 264J. Brooks FlippenNational Security and the Cold War 28015 Eisenhower and the Korean War 281James I. Matray16 Eisenhower’s National Security Policies 308David L. Snead17 Eisenhower, Nuclear Weapons, and Arms Control 327Philip Nash18. Eisenhower, the CIA, and Covert Action 350James Callanan19 Propaganda and Public Diplomacy 370Kenneth OsgoodAmerica and the World 39420 NATO, Western Europe, and the Eisenhower Administration 395Robert T. Davis II21 Special or Not So Special? Anglo-American Relations 417Michael F. Hopkins22 Eisenhower and Latin America 435Stephen G. Rabe23 Eisenhower, China, and Taiwan 453Scott Kaufman24 Eisenhower and the Third World 472Kevin E. Grimm25 Eisenhower, Indochina, and Vietnam 494Kathryn C. Statler26 The Arab–Israeli Dispute and the Middle East 517Peter L. HahnPart III Citizen 53527 After the Presidency 537Stephen T. PfefferIndex 555