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Mandate for Change, 1953-1956 Hardcover – January 1, 1963

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Eisenhower, Dwight. Signed Limited First Edition of Mandate for Change 1953 - 1956. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Signed by the five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States! Number 282 of 1500 signed and numbered editions made. Hardcover book, specially bound in gray cloth with green spine label and housed in original slipcase. Stated First Edition. Glassine jacket. Very minute wear, looks exceptional! Slipcase looks great. NF condition.

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Hardcover: 672 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (1963)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0434225800
ISBN-13: 978-0434225804
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Customer Reviews: 11 customer ratings
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #933,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Dewit

A great book about President

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2018

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This is a wonderful book of the political times in the Fifties during a President’s time his first 4 years of is presidency.

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Rose

I like Ike

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2015

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Great memoir. Written almost as a detached observer, chronically as he retraces these years with detail, insight and true wisdom. I should rate with five starts due to respect and admiration, but as a reader, Eisenhower can be dry and too cumbersome. Never the less, I am glad I read it again. Hope we all can continue learning from that pivotal era of American history.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2019

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I am happy with this purchase. The books arrived on time and as expected. I would order from this seller again.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018

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Like it, but it's like reading a text book...got to pay attention.

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Barry D. Watts

Ike's First Term

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2013

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This was a particularly good read during the last election campaign. Eisenhower articulated conservative positions better than Romney did. Depressing.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014

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came on time and book was in better shape then advertised a great book from great man and president.loved reading it

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A Good Presidential Memoir

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2005

"Mandate For Change" is Dwight Eisenhower's personal account of his entry into politics and his first administration. It is well organized and written. Like Ike, it is not flashy, but competent and gets the job done.

This book is organized by topics, which largely follow chronological order. The story begins with the erosion of his long stated unwillingness to enter politics. Although his entry was restrained, he eventually became totally committed. The details of the campaign followed by the assembly of the administration give the reader an insight into what really went on during the course of a 50s campaign. Ike's account of the post election meeting between himself and his staff with their counterparts in the outgoing Truman administration provides an interesting contrast with Truman's report of the same meeting.

The chapters about the actual administration take the reader into the summits in Bermuda and Geneva., through his heart attack and the initial plans for the 1956 campaign.

Much of Eisenhower's attention is devoted to overseas challenges, including the end of the War in Korea, attempted Communist takeovers in Guatemala and Iran, early stage negotiations over the British garrison at Suez, a potential East-West flash point between Italy and Yugoslavia involving jurisdiction over Trieste and issues relating to the defense of Formosa, which focused largely on decisions concerning the defense of Quemoy, the Matsus and other off shore islands. Ike reports a carefully thought out strategy to achieve the defense of the Free World without leading it over the precipice to nuclear war over relatively insignificant islands. His extensive description of discussions concerning considered assistance to the French in Indo-China lays the groundwork for later American intervention.

While defending against foreign challenges, Eisenhower does not neglect domestic issues, including the budget, taxes, internal security, McCarthyism, defense, Civil Rights and internal improvements including the Interstate Highway System and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Efforts to insure internal security were premised on the recognition that public employment is a privilege, not a right. Ike explains his plan to ignore McCarthy and let him self-destruct, rather than to extend his influence by giving him more headlines.

Eisenhower avoids some troublesome topics, such as reported hard feelings and limited respect between himself and Nixon. While not revealing any headline generating secrets, he does provide some insight into incidents which had not previously occurred to me. He does admit his deletion of praise for General Marshall from a speech in Milwaukee. He also points out that he had issued a strong defense of Marshall a few days before and that the Wisconsin trip had been scheduled in violation of his specific orders. Harry Truman depicts the deletion of the praise of Marshall as despicable cowardice. Upon reading Eisenhower's account, I wondered how many presidential candidates have made equally embarrassing concessions to political expediency. Much ridicule has been directed against Ike's garbled syntax, particularly during press conferences. He mentioned that he was the first president to allow direct quotes and broadcast and telecast of press conferences. While Ike was clearly no golden tongued, silver throated orator, the lack of precedent for press conference preparation leads to an understanding as to why he sounded like he did. Try looking at a transcript of things that you say! I found that Ike's professed wish that the atomic bomb not be used to end World War II contrasted sharply with his willingness to include the nuclear option in plans for the defense of NATO, South Korea and Formosa.

As memoirs go, "Mandate For Change" is very good. It provides the reader with valuable insights into the first half of Dwight Eisenhower's political career and through it, into the world in which he worked.

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