Bøger i People for Our Time serien

"The book recreates two fundamental aspects of Acton's teaching, his theory and history of liberty. The evidence both theoretical and historical is to provide us a lesson how to maintain political (civic) liberty and how to avoid mistakes in public life that could lead to great evil"--

"This book looks at the political career of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952-1961), including his decision to run for president, his 'Middle Way' political philosophy, his 'New Look' national security policy, the 'domino theory' and the French Indochina War, McCarthyism, the Little Rock desegregation crisis, the Sputnik crisis, and the Farewell Address"--