Published Works

Dr. Pickett has published numerous articles and book reviews, is editor of a book of readings on the history of technology entitled: Technology at the Turning Point and a monograph on cold-war foreign policy entitled: George F. Kennan and the Origins of Eisenhower’s New Look: An Oral History of Project Solarium. The proceedings of the conference on the World Wide Web that he organized are entitled: The World Wide Web at Ten: The Dream and the Reality and are available on-line at http://www10.cs.rose-hulman.edu/program.html. He is, in addition, author of a biography of former U.S. senator Homer E. Capehart, a history of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a history of Eisenhower’s decision to run for the presidency.

	Eisenhower Decides to Run: Presidential Politics and Cold War Strategy (Ivan R. Dee, 2000). Pickett shows how international events and Eisenhower's own sense of duty combined to pursuade him to enter presidential politics; how he began exploring the possibility in 1948; and how in 1951, from his post as NATO supreme commander, he secretly authorized his Republican supporters to begin formal campaign activity. It has been described as "a valuable contribution to our knowledge and understanding of one of the pivotal decisions in the history of the modern presidency." 269 pages. Includes Index. Published in 2000 ISBN 1-56663-325-7.
	To Be the Best: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1974-1999 (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1999). Pickett, with help from a team of faculty and staff, did extensive research and over fifty oral history interviews as the basis for his analysis of the Insitutute's history since 1974. This period included the move to coeducation, the adoption of laptop computers for every student, and the championship solar car team. 179 pages. Includes Extensive Photographs, Index. Published in 1999 ISBN 0-914414-01-01.
	Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power (Harlan Davidson, 1995). In this comprehensive yet concise biography, Pickett skillfully narrates Dwight David Eisenhower's remarkable odyssey from a small town amidst grain elevators on the golden plains of central Kansas to West Point, the deserts of North Africa, the beachheads of Normandy, the presidency of Columbia University, NATO's first military commander, and, finally, to the Oval Office--in many ways his personal journey as fantastic as the United States' meteoric rise during the first half of the twentieth century to an unprecedented global influence. 240 pages. Includes Maps, Bibliographical Essay, Index. Published in 1995 ISBN 0-88295-918-2 paper. (Click here for ordering information from Harlan Davidson). Reviews: · Review by Herbert S. Parmet in Presidential Studies Quarterly (Summer 1995). · Review by Lawrence S. Conner in Indianapolis Star, February 24, 1996, p.A11. · Review by Robert J. McMahon in The Journal of American History (June 1997).
	Homer E. Capehart: A Senator's Life, 1897-1979 (Indiana Historical Society, 1990). Homer E. Capehart's life is a remarkable success story. Lacking any formal education beyond high school, Capehart was a self-made millionaire by the 1930s. Turning to politics, he made a career out of opposition to big government and support for an anti-interventionist foreign policy. Described by Indiana Magazine of History as "a worthy biography of this important Hoosier politician, one that deserves attention from all interested in Indiana and American political history in the postwar years." 272 pages. Includes Illustrations, Notes, Index. Published in 1990 ISBN 0-87195-054-5 (Click here for ordering information from the Indiana Historical Society). Review by J. D. Doenecke in Choice (June 1991).

Other Books and Monographs

• Technology at the Turning Point, edited conference proceedings of the Rose-Hulman Bicentennial Conference on American Technology - Past, Present, and Future, San Francisco Press (December 1977).
• Vigo County Interim Report: Indiana Historical Sites and Structures Inventory (Indianapolis, Indiana: Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1984).
• George F. Kennan and the Origin of Eisenhower’s New Look: An Oral History of Project Solarium (Princeton University: Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, 2004).
• The World Wide Web at Ten: The Dream and the Reality, with Mark Ardis, edited conference proceedings of the Rose-Hulman Conference to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the commercial Web (Terre Haute, IN: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2004).