Tag Archives: Dwight Eisenhower

Book Write-Up: The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents, by David L. Holmes

Posted on April 13, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

David L. Holmes.  The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents: From Truman to Obama.  Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2012.  See here to buy the book. David L. Holmes teaches religious studies at the College of William and Mary.  About … Continue reading →

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Non-Partisanship, Military Stimulus, and Kennedy’s Religion

Posted on June 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President, Norman Thomas.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Swanberg narrates that Thomas’ newspaper column eventually came to lose … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas on Eisenhower, Guatemala, and Kennedy

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Norman Thomas was concerned about … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 11

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on Richard Nixon’s 1962 book, Six Crises. 1.  On page 300, Nixon responds to the charge that, at the 1952 Republican National Convention, he agreed to deliver the California delegates to Dwight … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 6

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In the chapter on President Dwight Eisenhower’s heart attack in his 1962 book, Six Crises, Richard Nixon lambastes some of the press for its treatment of Eisenhower after Eisenhower had a stroke.  Eisenhower after his stroke had difficulty expressing his … Continue reading →

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Six Crises 5

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

When I was reading Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I wanted to write about the questions that President Dwight Eisenhower’s heart attack raised in terms of who would run the Executive Branch when the President wasn’t entirely … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 22

Posted on February 14, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, which was the first volume of a three-volume series about the life of Richard Nixon. In my latest reading, Ambrose talks about Nixon’s 1962 race for Governor of California against … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 21: What If?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of Nixon: The Education of a Politician, Stephen Ambrose speculates about what kind of President Richard Nixon would have been had he won the 1960 Presidential election.  Ambrose compares his scenario with how Presidents John F. … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 20

Posted on February 12, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll talk about Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba. Fidel Castro replaced Fulgencio Batista as leader of Cuba on January 1, 1959.  Four months later, the … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 19

Posted on February 11, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Ambrose says on page 564: “When Eisenhower returned from his visit to Nixon’s bedside, he told Ann Whitman [who was … Continue reading →

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