Dwight Eisenhower | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Dwight Eisenhower


00:05:04 1 Early life and education
00:11:10 2 Personal life
00:16:00 3 World War I
00:18:10 3.1 In service of generals
00:24:08 4 World War II
00:25:36 4.1 Operations Torch and Avalanche
00:28:57 4.2 Supreme Allied commander and Operation Overlord
00:32:22 4.3 Liberation of France and victory in Europe
00:35:19 5 After World War II
00:35:28 5.1 Military Governor in Germany and Army Chief of Staff
00:38:02 5.2 1948 presidential election
00:40:00 5.3 President at Columbia University and NATO Supreme Commander
00:45:42 5.4 Presidential campaign of 1952
00:49:41 5.5 Election of 1956
00:50:37 6 Presidency (1953–1961)
00:55:25 6.1 Interstate Highway System
00:57:06 6.2 Foreign policy
01:01:17 6.2.1 Space Race
01:03:54 6.2.2 Korean War, Free China and Red China
01:07:26 6.2.3 The Middle East and Eisenhower doctrine
01:10:28 6.2.4 Southeast Asia
01:14:00 6.2.5 1960 U-2 incident
01:16:31 6.3 Civil rights
01:20:07 6.4 Relations with Congress
01:24:16 6.5 Judicial appointments
01:24:25 6.5.1 Supreme Court
01:25:37 6.6 States admitted to the Union
01:25:56 6.7 Health issues
01:29:49 6.8 End of presidency
01:33:45 7 Post-presidency, death and funeral
01:37:06 8 Legacy and memory
01:43:24 9 Tributes and memorials
01:45:28 10 Awards and decorations
01:45:38 11 Other honors
01:47:08 12 Promotions
01:47:30 13 Family tree
01:47:39 14 See also



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Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower ( EYE-zən-how-ər; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front.
Born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison, Texas, he was raised in Kansas in a large family of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His family had a strong religious background. His mother was born a Lutheran, married as a River Brethren, and later became a Jehovah's Witness. Even so, Eisenhower did not belong to any organized church until 1952. He cited constant relocation during his military career as one reason. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons. During World War I, he was denied a request to serve in Europe and instead commanded a unit that trained tank crews. Following the war, he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941. After the U.S. entered World War II, Eisenhower oversaw the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany. After the war, Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff and then took on the role as president of Columbia University. In 1951–52, he served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO.
In 1952, Eisenhower entered the presidential race as a Republican to block the isolationist foreign policies of Senator Robert A. Taft, who opposed NATO and wanted no foreign entanglements. He won that election and the 1956 election in landslides, both times defeating Adlai Stevenson II. He became the first Republican to win since Herbert Hoover in 1928. Eisenhower's main goals in office were to contain the expansion of the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits. In 1953, he threatened the use of nuclear weapons until China agreed to peace terms in the Korean War.  China did agree and an armistice resulted that remains in effect.  His New Look policy of nuclear deterrence prioritized inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing funding for expensive Army divisions. He continued Harry S. Truman's policy of recognizing the Republic of China as the legitimate government of China, and he won congressional approval of the Formosa Resolution. H ...