President Dwight D. Eisenhower played nearly 900 rounds of golf during his two terms in office, and his obsession with the game aided an explosion in golfs popularity during the 1950s. This book details Ikes love of golf and demonstrates how the sport was interwoven with the major events of his presidency, from the Army-McArthy Hearings to the U-2 crisis. Also covered are the ways golf affected Eisenhowers family, staff, friends, allies and opponents; the impact Eisenhowers Augusta National friends had on his decision to ...
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower played nearly 900 rounds of golf during his two terms in office, and his obsession with the game aided an explosion in golfs popularity during the 1950s. This book details Ikes love of golf and demonstrates how the sport was interwoven with the major events of his presidency, from the Army-McArthy Hearings to the U-2 crisis. Also covered are the ways golf affected Eisenhowers family, staff, friends, allies and opponents; the impact Eisenhowers Augusta National friends had on his decision to seek the presidency; and the presidents relationship with Bobby Jones and Arnold Palmer. An appendix reprints selected golf-related correspondence from Eisenhowers archives.
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