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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Before serving two terms as President, Dwight D. Eisenhower had led the U.S. army to victory in Europe in World War II. A career army officer and a graduate of West Point, he was commander of NATO after World War II. During Eisenhower's Republican administration, the Korean War ended, and McCarthyism threatened civil liberties. The Supreme Court ruled against school segregation and Eisenhower called in the federal troops to enforce integration at the Little Rock, Arkansas, high school. A soldier who believed in keeping the peace, he warned against the dangers of the military-industrial complex in his farewell address to the nation.
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United States Presidents series. Adequate, if uninspired, prose recounts the childhood, professional career, and presidential tenure of each man, concluding with an examination of his historical legacy. Illustrated with standard black-and-white photographs and reproductions, the texts are supplemented with examples of source documents, such as letters, newspaper articles, and excerpts of speeches. Chronologies are included. Bib., ind., The Horn Book Guide January-June 1998
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