Podcasts History My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Searching for Eisenhower: Ike on War, Civil Rights, Big Government and Political Moderation (with William Hitchcock)

Searching for Eisenhower: Ike on War, Civil Rights, Big Government and Political Moderation (with William Hitchcock)

Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 5 p.m.

We discuss all things Ike with William Hitchcock - author of "The Age of Eisenhower."\xa0We talk about how President Eisenhower was a surprisingly good politician, how he navigated Civil Rights, Social Security and other domestic programs, how he dealt with LBJ.\xa0We discuss the failure that upset him the most, and what he may have gotten wrong.\xa0We also get to the bottom of that Military Industrial Complex. (PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS - get a special episode on the 1957 Civil Rights Bill).\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices