President Dwight Eisenhower Signed Limited Edition Book
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Offered here is an authenticaly signed limited edition copy of Dwight Eisenhower's book The White House Year - Mandate for Change. New York: Doubleday, 1963. This is copy 909 of 1434 numbered copies boldly signed in full by the former President. 650 pages, hardcover, with pictorially-printed endpapers and the seal of the President of the United States embossed in gilt foil on the cover. This scarce copy of Eisenhower's important post-presidential memoir is in mint condition. Bid with confidence, Jack Bacon & Company have been selling fine historical autographs, artwork and rare books since 1977, and are members of the Manuscript Society and the U.A.C.C. This item is unconditionally guaranteed to be geniune. Buyer will pay actual cost of Priority Mail shipping plus insurance. International shipping is additional. Please click on "View Seller's Other Items" to see other historical autographs and memorabilia. Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was a General of the Army (five-star general officer) in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961). During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO. As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race.Eisenhower ordered the Hydrogen bomb, known as the “H-bomb”, to outpace the Soviets in nuclear weaponry. He also enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System. In 1961, Eisenhower became the first U.S. president to be "constitutionally forced" from office, having served the maximum two terms allowed by the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was ratified in 1951, during Harry S. Truman's term, but it stipulated that Truman would not be affected by the amendment. Eisenhower was also the first outgoing President to come under the protection of the Former Presidents Act (two then living former Presidents, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, left office before Act was passed). Under the act, Eisenhower was entitled to receive a lifetime pension, state-provided staff and a Secret Service detail. In the 1960 election to choose his successor, Eisenhower endorsed his own Vice President, Republican Richard Nixon against Democrat John F. Kennedy. However, he only campaigned for Nixon in the campaign's final days and even did Nixon some harm. When asked by reporters at the end of a televised press conference to list one of Nixon's policy ideas he had adopted, he replied, "If you give me a week, I might think of one." Kennedy's campaign used the quote in one of its campaign commercials. Nixon lost narrowly to Kennedy. On January 17, 1961, Eisenhower gave his final televised Address to the Nation from the Oval Office. In his farewell speech to the nation, Eisenhower raised the issue of the Cold War and role of the U.S. armed forces. He described the Cold War saying: "We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method..." and warned about what he saw as unjustified government spending proposals and continued with a warning that "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex... Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." Because of legal issues related to holding a military rank while in a civilian office, Eisenhower resigned his permanent commission as General of the Army before entering the office of President of the United States. Upon completion of his Presidential term, his commission on the retired list was reactivated and Eisenhower again was commissioned a five-star general in the United States Army. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
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