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Evan Thomas on Presidential Power

Oct 05 2012

Evan Thomas on Presidential Power

By Mary Cappabianca

Evan Thomas

Best-selling author Evan Thomas explains the loneliness of command, President Eisenhower's golf game, and his book Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World at a recent Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series event.

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