Which generals were most influential in World War II? Did Winston
Churchill really see himself as culturally "half American"? What
really caused the break between Harry S. Truman and Dwight
Eisenhower? In "Soldiers and Statesmen," John S. D. Eisenhower
answers these questions and more, offering his personal reflections
on great leaders of our time.
The son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, John S. D. Eisenhower
possesses an expert perspective on prominent political and military
leaders, giving readers a matchless view on relationships between
powerful figures and the president. Eisenhower also had a long
military career, coincidentally beginning with his graduation from
West Point on D-Day. His unique position as a young Army staff
officer and close relationship with his father gave him insider's
access to leaders such as Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, George
Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Omar Bradley, John Foster Dulles, Mark
Clark, Terry Allen, and Matthew Ridgway. He combines personal
insight with the specialized knowledge of a veteran soldier and
accomplished historian to communicate exclusive perspectives on U.
S. foreign relations and leadership.
Eisenhower's observations of various wartime leaders began in
June 1944, just after the Allied landings in Normandy. On orders
from General George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, Eisenhower
sailed from New York aboard the
British-liner-turned-American-troopship "Queen ""Mary"to join his
father, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, in
London, where he stayed for over two weeks. A year later, at the
end of the war, Eisenhower accompanied his father as a temporary
aide on trips where Ike's former associates were present. In the
mid-1950s, Eisenhower's perspective was broadened by his service in
a room next to the White House Oval Office during his father's
tenure as president.
On the light side, Eisenhower has added a special appendix
called "Home Movies," in which he reveals amusing and often
irreverent vignettes from his life in military service. Eisenhower
gives readers both a taste of history from the inside and a rich
and relatable memoir filled with compelling remembrances.
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