Eisenhower
Subtitle: soldier-statesman of the American century
By: Douglas Kinnard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Military profiles
Publisher: Brassey's, Inc.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 -- Career in the military.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969 -- Military leadership.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Dwight David Eisenhower proudly claimed that he "came from the very heart of America." Yet it could be argued that despite those provincial beginnings, no other American exerted more influence on world history during the twentieth century. From his humble youth in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower rose to the supreme command of the Allied armies that helped destroy Adolf Hitler's Nazi war machine and to the presidency of the United States.

Douglas Kinnard's profile of this great soldier-statesman describes his rise through the ranks of the peacetime Army of the 1920s and 1930s, recognition of his abilities by such leaders as Douglas MacArthur and George C. Marshall, his "great crusade" in Europe during World War II, and his two terms in the Oval Office. Dr.

Kinnard's penetrating look at this great military leader and commander in chief serves as an introduction to Eisenhower's life and provides a concise account of the momentous military and political events of the first half of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Abilene and West Point; title: Brown shoe army; title: General Ike; title: The great crusade; title: Road to the White House; title: Mr. President; title: Waging peace; title: Afterward and legacies.