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Miller Center Forum: Ike's Bluff
General Event Information
Event Category:
Lectures
Price:
Free
Dates and Times:
March 21, 6:00PM-7:00PM
| Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering lightweight. Yet, behind the bland smile and apparent simple mindedness was a brilliant, intellectual tactician. As author and former Newsweek editor, Evan Thomas reveals in his provocative examination of Ike's White House years, Eisenhower was a master of calculated duplicity. Facing the Soviet Union, China, and his own generals, some of whom believed a first strike was the only means of survival, Eisenhower would make his boldest and riskiest bet yet, one of such enormity that there could be but two outcomes: the survival of the world or its end. A book signing will follow his Forum. |
Venue Information
Venue:
The Miller Center of Public Affairs
Address:
2201 Old Ivy Road
City:
Charlottesville
State:
VA
Zip Code:
23443
Country:
United States
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