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Lights are on but nobodys home. >> look at some republican numbers. >> were good. we survived the faux filibuster. we are more united now as a party than we have been in a long time. >> here with us now former news week editor at large and princeton university professor evan thomas. >> now thats not a lesser ivy. right? so lets get it clear. ted cruz would not study with people from lesser ivies. so you have harvard, yale, princeton. >> ooh. >> those are the three ivies. ted cruz would -- >> the...

David did for john adams. >> i hope so. >> david eisenhower, evan thomas, the new book is called and this bluff reinforced a status quo. it was invoked in berlin. where the apples have fallen. >> i get the point. i think about ike, i think about him as humble and how can a guy from kansas be where i am at right now and some things i really think are great about that guy and youre doing what david did for john adams. >> i hope so. >> david eisenhower, evan thomas, the new book is called "ikes blu...

But in that period, the idea that -- >> okay. >> the united states and the soviet union would have a general nuclear exchange over differences, say, regarding berlin or cuba was to some degree a bluff. but it was something that rested, i think, on a hard-nosed understanding that the soviets did not, in the final analysis, want war, nor did we. and this bluff reinforced a status quo. it was invoked in berlin. where the apples have fallen. >> i get the point. i think about ike, i think about him a...

Ikes bluff. post world war ii history, its the best. anyway, well be right back. "ik" post world war ii history, its the best. anyway, well be right back. [ female announcer ] if you care for someone with mild to moderate alzheimers, youll also care about our new offer. you get access to nurses who can help with your questions. and your loved one can get exelon patch free for 30 days.

Bickering and gridlock in congress, so today we thought wed take a look back at a figure who was so popular both parties wanted him as their candidate for the presidency. dwight david eisenhower was the man who commanded ally troops to victory in world war ii. he ultimately ran as a republican, of course, in 1952 and won becoming this countrys 34th president in what was arguably the most dangerous period following the end of the second world war. the details are in a new book "ikes bluff: presid...

He managed -- and he stood up to his own generals. he had great moral strength. in those days, the big money was in the military. >> not just his own generals but also to britain, to france. we talk about the suez crisis. thats still stunning. >> behind this genial, goofy guy was a hard man. when britain and france conspired with israel to invade the middle east in 1956, ike just pulled the plug. he said to the brits privately, well let you boil in your own oil. no oil from us. he created a litt...

>> pretty good. thats mitt romney at cgi yesterday, the clinton global initiative. that actually was funny. welcome back to "morning joe." mark halperin still with us, pulitzer prize-winning jon meacham joins us on set. youre not going to start selling preorders of your book? >> i dont understand this, against work. shes against work. >> author of the new book, "ikes bluff: president eisenhowers secret battle to save the world." i cant wait. ive already got e-mails from friends saying get me one...

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