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<p>invitations To Camp David, The Presidential Retreat In The Catoctin Mountains Of Maryland, Are Rare, Limited To The Closest Members Of The President's Family And Administration, And To The Most Notable Foreign Dignitaries. For Those Who Will Never Visit It, W. Dale Nelson's Book Offers An Intimate Look At The Camp And Its Eminent Lodgers. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Who Selected The Spot, Which Was Originally Built As A Boys Camp, Called It Shangri-la. Harry Truman Visited The Rustic Retreat Only Occasionally. In The 1950s, Dwight Eisenhower Found It A Perfect Haven, Added A Small Golf Course, And Renamed It After His Father And Grandson. Eisenhower Was Also The First To Lift The Veil Of Secrecy Around The Retreat By Inviting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev To Visit. With Khrushchev's Visit, The Spirit Of Camp David Came To Symbolize One Of The First Thaws Of The Cold War. Other Former Soviet Premiers Would Follow, Including Leonid Brezhnev, Who, It Is Said, Was Accompanied By A Stewardess Who Spent The Night In His Cabin. It Was In This Tranquil Setting That Lyndon B. Johnson Imported Aides To Plan And Debate The Vietnam War. After His Reelection, Nixon Went To The Mountaintop To R

Author
Nelson, W. Dale.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press, 1995.
Published
1995
Language
EN
ISBN
9780815606284
Subjects
History, Humanities
Rating
3.67 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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