Interesting, well written and well researched. This is perfect for anyone looking to read about obscure and little known political history. Highly recommend.

Very interesting book. I learned a lot about President Dwight Eisenhower and Chief of Justice Earl Warren. Thanks to Netgalley for this free copy. My opinion is my own.

Although I find some problems with this book, I also find it to be an important book.

Eisenhower vs. Warren is a must read for anyone interested in Modern American history. In no other book do I know of are the details regarding the disjuncture between President Eisenhower and Jusic Warren regarding the Brown decision and its repercussions so well detailed.

Simon however gives little indication as to why both men acted the way they did. Instead we are treated to an in-depth psychological profile of both men. Both men it appears were flawed so the book suggests. Politicians want to compromise and legal experts must uphold principle and may never compromise. This explanation given by the book however falls flat.

What should have been obvious to Simon is that politicians need to lead, particularly if they find them selves as leaders in a global conflict.

Politicians must lead as judges must find a balance of interests. The law is all about compromise. There is however no compromise with an enforced, erratic, anachronistic and blatant evil that was segregation. Despite masses of detail Simon fails detail the legal principals that led Warren to his decision. Instead we merely get a detail character profile of Warren.

While the book gives us great detail it fails to explain the important legal principals underlying the dispute and similarly fails to explain why Eisenhower acted the way he did.