Chapter 11. Truman and Eisenhower

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. When the Military Became an External State 10
6. Chapter 2. The War, the Economy, and the Army 25
7. Chapter 3. The Army in a Time of Depression 44
8. Chapter 4. The Army, the New Deal, and the Planning for the Postwar 61
9. Chapter 5. “This Thing Was Assembled by Economic Idiots” 75
10. Chapter 6. The Army Creates a Plan for Germany 93
11. Chapter 7. A German “Miracle” 110
12. Chapter 8. Political Progress in Japan—and Economic Decline 123
13. Chapter 9. “Recovery Without Fiction” 145
14. Chapter 10. Implementing the “Dodge Line” 162
15. Chapter 11. Truman and Eisenhower 183
16. Chapter 12. “The Great Equation” 209
17. Chapter 13. Protecting the Global Economy 235
18. Epilogue 258
19. Notes 263
20. Index 321
21. Acknowledgments 327