“Ike’s Bluff” by Evan Thomas

[paulliver]

This book focuses on President Eisenhower’s foreign policy, using poker as its primary metaphor. Ike was so good at poker he had to give it up because he was wiping out his fellow military officers’ personal savings, and he used his ability to read and bluff opponents all through his years at the White House. His game was so subtle that it would

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Excellent Review

[gm_1787]

Thank you for the excellent review. I will move this up my reading list.

[kensmind]

Thanks for posting this, I knew that people in this community would be interested in it. I just finished reading the Nixon Defense (I've posted a review in this community and in bookish and was considering what to read next. This is on the short list and if I don't read it, it's only because I'm thinking I'll try something from a different era than the last half of the 20th century.