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<p>Praise for Jim Newton's Eisenhower: The White House Years <br> Drawing on declassified documents, Newton's narrative, especially of the many international crises, is clear, brisk, and insightful, a timely study of a master of consensus politics with lessons for today's polarized Washington. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <p> [Newton's] well-researched account shows that Eisenhower was an engaged, decisive leader guided by some bedrock moral and political beliefs . . . A well-done presentation that helps correct enduring perceptions about an effective but misunderstood presidency. <br>-- Booklist <br> A truly great book, spirited, balanced, and not just the story of President Eisenhower but of an era. <br>--Bob Woodward <br> Jim Newton does a masterful job illustrating the forces that confronted Dwight Eisenhower during his years in the White House, from nuclear politics to race relations to the federal debt and deficit. He paints a vivid portrait of a president struggling tot

<p>Praise for Jim Newton's Eisenhower: The White House Years <br> Newton's book is thorough and reasonable....What makes it valuable now is the timing: We need this book and its insights to judge the vicious and counterproductive politics of these days. This is a book worth reading. <br>--Richard Reeve, LA Times <br> An essential narrative....[Newton's] objective is to tell the story, and he does so well, inviting us to form our own opinions and giving us a sense of an era that seems both quaint and comfortable in our own age of harsh polarization. <br>-- The Wall Street Journal <br> Drawing on declassified documents, Newton's narrative, especially of the many international crises, is clear, brisk, and insightful, a timely study of a master of consensus politics with lessons for today's polarized Washington. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <p> [Newton's] well-researched account shows that Eisenhower was an engaged, decisive leader guided by some bedrock moral and political bel

<p>Praise for Jim Newton's Eisenhower: The White House Years <br> Newton's book is thorough and reasonable....What makes it valuable now is the timing: We need this book and its insights to judge the vicious and counterproductive politics of these days. This is a book worth reading. <br>--Richard Reeve, LA Times <br> An essential narrative....[Newton's] objective is to tell the story, and he does so well, inviting us to form our own opinions and giving us a sense of an era that seems both quaint and comfortable in our own age of harsh polarization. <br>-- The Wall Street Journal <br> Drawing on declassified documents, Newton's narrative, especially of the many international crises, is clear, brisk, and insightful, a timely study of a master of consensus politics with lessons for today's polarized Washington. <br>-- Publishers Weekly <p> [Newton's] well-researched account shows that Eisenhower was an engaged, decisive leader guided by some bedrock moral and political beliefs . . . A well-done presentation that helps correct enduring perceptions about an effective but misunderstood presidency. <br>-- Booklist <br> A truly great book, spirited, balanced, and not just the story of President Eisenhower but of an era. <br>--Bob Woodward <br> Jim Newton brings President Eisenhower to life, and we walk with him page by page as he's transformed from epic General to two-term President. Newton navigates a fascinating journey from military leader to novice politician to one of the most beloved Presidents in our history. <br>--John F. Kerry, U.S. Senator <br> Jim Newton does a masterful job illustrating the forces that confronted Dwight Eisenhower during his years in the White House, from nuclear politics to race relations to the federal debt and deficit. He paints a vivid portrait of a president struggling to find middle ground--sometimes successfully, sometimes not--but always with the good of the country in mind. While many Americans are intimately f

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JIM NEWTON is a veteran journalist who began his career as clerk to James Reston at the New York Times. Since then, he has worked as a reporter, bureau chief and editor of the Los Angeles Times, where he presently is the editor-at-large. He also is an educator and author, whose acclaimed biography of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice for All, was published in 2006. He lives in Pasadena, CA. From the Hardcover edition.

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