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Simon, James F. author.
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Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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Eisenhower vs.
Warren
: the battle for civil rights and liberties / James F. Simon.
by
Simon, James F. author.
Subjects
Warren
,
Earl
,
1891-1974
.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Publisher Info:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
©2018
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xvii, 427 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
0871407558
9780871407559
Contents:
Man of the West -- Supreme Commander -- "Loyalty comes first" -- Eyes on the White House -- "To my mind, he is a statesman" -- A list of 205 communists -- "This is a day that will live in glory" -- "With all deliberate speed" -- Double-crossing Ike -- Red Monday -- Little Rock -- The egalitarian revolution.
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"The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice
Earl
Warren
framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while
Warren
, author of the Supreme Court's historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system. In Eisenhower vs.
Warren
, two-time New York Times Notable Book author James F. Simon examines the years of strife between them that led Eisenhower to say that his biggest mistake as president was appointing that "dumb son of a bitch
Earl
Warren
." This momentous, poisonous relationship is presented here at last in one volume. Compellingly written, Eisenhower vs.
Warren
brings to vivid life the clash that continues to reverberate in political and constitutional debates today"--
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