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Ike's Bluff
Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World | Evan Thomas
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Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a doddering lightweight, behind the bland smile and simple speech was a master tactician. To end the hostilities, Eisenhower would take a colossal risk by bluffing that he might use nuclear weapons against the Communist Chinese, while at the same time restraining his generals and advisors who favored the strikes. Ike's gamble was of such magnitude that there could be but two outcomes: thousands of lives saved, or millions of lives lost. A tense, vivid and revisionist account of a president who was then, and still is today, underestimated, IKE'S BLUFF is history at its most provocative and thrilling.
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📖 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck. Some people might not consider it a how to book, but I've found it very helpful in relieving stress and anxiety.
📖 Any kind of history, but lately I've been reading a lot about pandemics and the climate change catastrophe.
📖 Erik Larson, Richard Preston and Evan Thomas.

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BookmarkTavern If it‘s helpful, it counts! I haven‘t read it though, I‘ll have to look it up. 5y
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My last completed book of 2018. Eisenhower has always been an underrated president, probably the greatest Republican president of the 20th century. Yes, even greater than GOP demigod Reagan. Eisenhower was a warrior who had seen the horrors of war and dedicated his presidency to keeping the US out of conflicts abroad.
4 💥💥💥💥 1/2 out of 5.