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

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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…

"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

"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

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

-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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

By: Robert Dallek

3.99

Format: 849 pages, Paperback

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
"She was a little removed,"

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

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2. 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

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  • 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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3. 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

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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4. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.75

Format: 272 pages,

Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vie… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • 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

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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6. Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover

By: Kenneth Whyte

3.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

7. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

8. 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 Jean Edward Smith's Eisenhower in War and Peace

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • war
  • world war ii
  • 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

9. The Fifties

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Fiftiesis a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Ha… read more

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10. Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

By: H.W. Brands

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the twe… read more

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11. Wilson

By: A. Scott Berg

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitiv… read more

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12. 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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13. Reagan: The Life

By: H.W. Brands

3.64

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

From master storyteller and New York Timesbestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive b… read more

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14. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more

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15. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

Cover of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall

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

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham

17. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

By: Jon Meacham

4.12

Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition

From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping ye… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
"Where Goldwater-ites saw the world in black and white, Rockefeller noted shades of gray."

-Jon Meacham, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

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18. Reagan: An American Journey

By: Bob Spitz

4.15

Format: 863 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
"He based these anecdotes largely on stories he'd read in unverified accounts in small-town newspapers and crackpot magazines. It didn't matter that most of the facts and figures didn't check out. The…"

-Bob Spitz, Reagan: An American Journey

Cover of An Ordinary Man:  The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith

19. 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

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  • american history
  • biography
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  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life by Jonathan Alter

20. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

By: Jonathan Alter

4.34

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • biography memoir
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of George Marshall: Defender of the Republic by David L. Roll

21. George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

By: David L. Roll

4.45

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

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

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

Robert Dallek

3.99

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Amity Shlaes

3.76

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David McCullough

3.31

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

Robert Dallek

3.99

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.23

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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

H.W. Brands

4.75

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