Eisenhower cabinet member and confidant Stassen offers a personal account of the man and the policies that directed the country through the Cold War world of the 1950s. He describes the major events the nomination and campaign, the Korean War, the McCarthy hearings, the East German famine relief effort, and the 1955 Geneva Summit and reveals Eisenhower to have been a shrewd planner, a gifted communicator, and a seasoned leader. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.