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| Author | William B. Pickett |
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| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Ivan R. Dee |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 1-56-663787-2 |
| OCLC | 43953970 |
Eisenhower Decides to Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy is a 2000 book by historian William B. Pickett, a professor (now emeritus) at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. It follows his 1995 Eisenhower biography Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power, and looks specifically at the reasons behind the five-star general's fateful choice to enter politics and become a candidate for the Republican nomination during the 1952 presidential campaign. (Eisenhower would go on to serve two full terms in the White House.)