Eisenhower in War and Peace

The Allrounder. I have always thought Dwight D. Eisenhower is one of those people who was born at the right time. After all he was the supreme commander of allied forces in Europe during total victory over Nazi Germany, a just war. He also became president of the United States when it was perhaps at......more

This is a fantastic book. First, it’s a very well written and organized summary. But more than that, I felt like I came away with an understanding of Eisenhower – what he was like, how he made decisions, and what was important to him. Smith is not afraid to interject his own opinions along the way, w......more

Few reputations are more mutable than those of former U. S. presidents. I’m ancient enough to recall the contrasting images of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy that prevailed for several decades after they had passed from the scene: Eisenhower, likeable and grandfatherly but dim, disengaged......more

This was a clearly written narrative organized from lots of time and research. Jean Edward Smith presented Dwight Eisenhower in both the professional and the personal in his entirety. Eisenhower was an ambitious man in all the stages in his life: West Point, his perceptions of not being involved in......more

For those familiar with this author’s previous books on John Marshall, U.S. Grant and FDR, you know Smith’s biographies are thorough and detailed narratives, filled with anecdotes and first-hand accounts, analyses of the historical record, some personal opinion, a little wit and – yes – lengthy. The......more