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EISENHOWER, Dwight D. The White House Years, Mandate for Change, 1952-1956 and Waging Peace, 1956-1961. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963, 1965.
Two volumes, 4o, illustrated, gray cloth, spine stamped in gilt, gold Presidential seal on upper covers, first volume uncut, paperclip burn on title page of vol. I. In publishers slipcases.
Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which 1,434 are signed (this set numbered 65). Volume I signed and inscribed on the colophon: "For General Perrin H. Long, with best wishes from an old associate of his in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II. Dwight Eisenhower 1963." Also signed on the fly leaf: "Dwight Eisenhower." Volume II signed on the fly-leaf: "Dwight Eisenhower." PRESENTATION COPIES TO THE MEDICAL OFFICER WHO WITNESSED AND REPORTED PATTON'S SLAPPING INCIDENTS. Then Lt. Col. Long was in the tent when General Patton exploded in fury (in two separate incidents) against Privates Charles H. Kuhl and Paul G. Bennet. Patton cursed them, slapped them, and even threatened to shoot Bennet himself. In a scathing report on the incidents which Long sent Eisenhower on 16 August 1943, the doctor wrote: "The deleterious effects of such incidents upon the well being of patients, upon the professional morale of hospital staffs, and upon the relationship of patient to physician are incalculable. It is imperative that immediate steps be taken to prevent a recurrence of such incidents."
Two volumes, 4
Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which 1,434 are signed (this set numbered 65). Volume I signed and inscribed on the colophon: "For General Perrin H. Long, with best wishes from an old associate of his in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II. Dwight Eisenhower 1963." Also signed on the fly leaf: "Dwight Eisenhower." Volume II signed on the fly-leaf: "Dwight Eisenhower." PRESENTATION COPIES TO THE MEDICAL OFFICER WHO WITNESSED AND REPORTED PATTON'S SLAPPING INCIDENTS. Then Lt. Col. Long was in the tent when General Patton exploded in fury (in two separate incidents) against Privates Charles H. Kuhl and Paul G. Bennet. Patton cursed them, slapped them, and even threatened to shoot Bennet himself. In a scathing report on the incidents which Long sent Eisenhower on 16 August 1943, the doctor wrote: "The deleterious effects of such incidents upon the well being of patients, upon the professional morale of hospital staffs, and upon the relationship of patient to physician are incalculable. It is imperative that immediate steps be taken to prevent a recurrence of such incidents."