Eisenhower as strategist
Subtitle: the coherent use of military power in war and peace
By: Steven Metz
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Series: Professional readings in military strategy -- no. 6
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: United States; Military planning; Generals; Military leadership; United States. Army; Military History; History; Strategy
Description: Few if any American officers performed a wider array of strategic functions as Dwight D. Eisenhower--he was a staff planner in the War Department, wartime commander of a massive coalition force, peacetime Chief of Staff, and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Eisenhower was directly involved in a number of major transitions including the building of the wartime American Army, its demobilization following the war, and the resuscitation of American military strength during the initial years of the cold war. This means that Eisenhower's career can provide important lessons on how a coherent strategy should and should not be built during times of strategic transition. That is what this monograph begins to do. It is not intended to be a biography in the usual sense and thus offers no new facts or insights into Eisenhower's life. Instead it uses that life as a backdrop for exploring the broader essence of strategic coherence and draws lessons from Eisenhower's career that can help guide the strategic transition which the U.S. military now faces.
Notes: "February 1993"

"This study was prepared for the U.S. Army War College Fourth Annual Conference on Strategy, 'Strategy in Periods of Transition', February 1993, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via Internet from the SSI web site. Address as of 2/20/03: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/ssi/pubs/1993/eisenhwr/eisenhwr.pdf; current access is available via PURL.