Eisenhower vs. Warren : the battle for civil rights and liberties / James F. Simon

New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

1st edition

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Warren, Earl, -- 1891-1974.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David), -- 1890-1969.

School integration -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.

1. Man of the West

2. Supreme Commander

3. "Loyalty comes first"

4. Eyes on the White House

5. "To my mind, he is a statesman"

6. A list of 205 communists

7. "This is a day that will live in glory"

8. "With all deliberate speed"

9. Double-crossing Ike

10. Red Monday

11. Little Rock

12. The egalitarian revolution.

The epic 1950s battle that would shape the legal future of the civil rights movement is chronicled here for the first time. The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while Warren, author of the Supreme Court's historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system. In Eisenhower vs. Warren, two-time New York Times Notable Book author James F. Simon examines the years of strife between them that led Eisenhower to say that his biggest mistake as president was appointing that "dumb son of a bitch Earl Warren." This momentous, poisonous relationship is presented here at last in one volume. Compellingly written, Eisenhower vs. Warren brings to vivid life the clash that continues to reverberate in political and constitutional debates today. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Eisenhower versus Warren

9780871407559

xvii, 427 p. ; 25 cm