Eisenhower's profit on the book was substantially aided by an unprecedented ruling by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that Eisenhower was not a professional writer, but rather, marketing the lifetime asset of his experiences, and thus he had to pay only capital gains tax on his $635,000 advance instead of the much higher personal tax rate. Through his involvement in the Council on Foreign Relations, he also gained exposure to economic analysis, which would become the bedrock of his understanding in economic policy. 'Whatever General Eisenhower knows about economics, he has learned at the study group meetings,' one Aid to Europe member claimed. Eisenhower accepted the presidency of the university to expand his ability to promote 'the American form of democracy' through education. He was clear on this point to the trustees involved in the search committee. He informed them that his main purpose was 'to promote the basic concepts of education in a democracy'.
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