Required readings for Week 6 - February 18-22:
1) Greenstein Chapter 4, The Unexpected Eisenhower
2) Renka, Dwight D. Eisenhower and the "Hidden Hand" Presidency
3) Thomas Harte, Martin Medhurst's analysis of Eisenhower's rhetoric
Eisenhower's presidential elections -
1) Dave Leip's Atlas -
1952,
1956;
2)
The Hanna Project - Election Year 1952 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson and
1956 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
3) New York Times Look Back -
1952 and 1956
presidential elections
Eisenhower Quiz:
February 22 to 27
Essay 2 on Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy: Friday, March 7 in the
Drop Box; exemplary Essay 1
at Student Papers
Professor Renka's
Eisenhower Links;
Miller Center's biography -
President Dwight Eisenhower: A Life in Brief
Timeline:
The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Link to
United States History - 1950s
and United
States History Index - 1960s; Richard Jensen's
American Political History On-Line - Truman-Eisenhower
Audio/Video files:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential Library - selected speeches
Miller Center's
Dwight D. Eisenhower Speeches;
Presidential Audio-Video Archive - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Professor Renka's
Speeches of Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower Key Terms