16 best-selling nonfiction books like The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock

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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

By: William I. Hitchcock

4.34

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike’s enormous in…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Coolidge

By: Amity Shlaes

3.76

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Ve… read more

Similar categories in Amity Shlaes's Coolidge book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"

-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge

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2. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's Truman book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble

By: Antony Beevor

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day and Stalingradreconstructs the Battle of… read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more

Similar categories in Robert A. Caro's The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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5. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

By: Walter R. Borneman

3.00

Format: None pages,

In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more

Similar categories in Walter R. Borneman's Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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6. The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

By: H.W. Brands

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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7. Eisenhower in War and Peace

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.06

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more

Similar categories in Jean Edward Smith's Eisenhower in War and Peace book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

8. The New Deal: A Modern History

By: Michael A. Hiltzik

4.00

Format: None pages,

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9. A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin

By: Thomas Fleming , Joseph Plumb Martin

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

In this first-hand account of the Revolutionary War, Joseph Plumb Martin narrates his true adventur… read more

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10. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

By: Robert W. Merry

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomat… read more

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11. Richard Nixon: The Life

By: John A. Farrell

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more

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12. Twelve Ordinary Men

By: John F. MacArthur Jr.

4.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the… read more

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13. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

Similar categories in C.W. Goodyear's President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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14. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

Similar categories in Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There by Garrett M. Graff

15. UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There

By: Garrett M. Graff

3.73

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author Garrett M. Graff comes the first comprehensive and eye-openi… read more

Similar categories in Garrett M. Graff's UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

By: Fredrik Logevall

4.55

Format: 792 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more

Similar categories in Fredrik Logevall's JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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17. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

By: Richard Norton Smith

4.46

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more

Similar categories in Richard Norton Smith's An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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18. The Fourth Turning Is Here:

By: Neil Howe

3.96

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more

Similar categories in Neil Howe's The Fourth Turning Is Here: book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency

By: Mark K. Updegrove

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential histo… read more

Similar categories in Mark K. Updegrove's Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
Cover of The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock

20. The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

By: William I. Hitchcock

4.34

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike’s enormous in… read more

Similar categories in William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • leadership
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21. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919

By: James Carl Nelson

3.55

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more

Similar categories in James Carl Nelson's The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 book and William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

16 must-read history books like The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock

Transform Your Habits

Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Truman

David McCullough

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble

Antony Beevor

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

Robert A. Caro

4.36

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15 best-selling history books like Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Robert Dallek

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Truman

David McCullough

3.31

Transform Your Habits

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.75

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