This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower takes the reader up through his military career and his leadership as Allied Supreme Commander, his presidency - the first of the Cold War - and his relations with family, friends and Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, McCarthy, Nixon, LBJ and others.
This biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower takes the reader up through his military career and his leadership as Allied Supreme Commander, his presidency - the first of the Cold War - and his relations with family, friends and Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, McCarthy, Nixon, LBJ and others.
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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CONTENTS Foreword 1 Abilene, West Point, World War I 2 Between the Wars 3 Preparing the First Offensive 4 North Africa, Sicily, and Italy 5 D-Day and the Liberation of France 6 The West Wall and the Battle of the Bulge 7 The Last Offensive 8 Peace 9 Columbia, NATO, and Politics 10 Candidate 11 Getting Started 12 The Chance for Peace 13 Peace in Korea -- Coup in Iran -- Atoms for Peace 14 McCarthy and Vietnam 15 ChiNats and ChiComs 16 The Geneva Summit and a Heart Attack 17 The 1956 Campaign 18 Little Rock and Sputnik 19 1958 -- A Most Difficult Year 20 A Revival 21 1960 -- High Hopes and Unhappy Realities 22 Transition and Assessment 23 Elder Statesman Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index MAPS North Africa and Sicily and the Invasion of France The Defeat of Germany
CONTENTS Foreword 1 Abilene, West Point, World War I 2 Between the Wars 3 Preparing the First Offensive 4 North Africa, Sicily, and Italy 5 D-Day and the Liberation of France 6 The West Wall and the Battle of the Bulge 7 The Last Offensive 8 Peace 9 Columbia, NATO, and Politics 10 Candidate 11 Getting Started 12 The Chance for Peace 13 Peace in Korea -- Coup in Iran -- Atoms for Peace 14 McCarthy and Vietnam 15 ChiNats and ChiComs 16 The Geneva Summit and a Heart Attack 17 The 1956 Campaign 18 Little Rock and Sputnik 19 1958 -- A Most Difficult Year 20 A Revival 21 1960 -- High Hopes and Unhappy Realities 22 Transition and Assessment 23 Elder Statesman Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index MAPS North Africa and Sicily and the Invasion of France The Defeat of Germany
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