William B. Pickett | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 12, 1940 |
| Board member of | Indiana Association of Historians, Indiana Council for History Education |
| Awards | Fulbright Fellowship (1989) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Carleton College, Indiana University |
| Thesis | Homer E. Capehart: The Making of a Hoosier Senator[1] (1974) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | U.S. political and military history, Indiana history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Homer E. Capehart, history of the Internet |
| Institutions | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Notable works | Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power, Eisenhower Decides To Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy |
William Beatty Pickett (born March 12, 1940) is an American historian and professor emeritus at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is known as an authority on President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Indiana Sen. Homer E. Capehart, and is the author of several well-regarded books on U.S. history including Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power[2] and Eisenhower Decides To Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy.[3][4][5]
- ^ Pickett, William B. (1974). Homer E. Capehart: The Making of a Hoosier Senator (Thesis). Indiana University. OCLC 2715420.
- ^ McMahon, Robert J. (June 1997). "Book Review: Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power by William B. Pickett and Eisenhower's New-Look National Security Policy, 1953–61 by Saki Dockrill". Journal of American History. 84 (1): 304–306. doi:10.2307/2952874. JSTOR 2952874.
- ^ Richards, David R. (2000-11-18). "Eisenhower's Decision To Run". Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Neal, Steve (2000-09-11). "Ike Didn't Have To Be Drafted". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Osgood, Kenneth A. (September 2002). "Book Review: Eisenhower Decides to Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy by William B. Pickett and Eisenhower at Columbia by Travis Beal Jacobs". Journal of American History. 89 (2): 709–711. doi:10.2307/3092303. JSTOR 3092303.
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