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Dwight David "Ike" General of the Army Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower (pronounced / ˈaɪz!nhaʊ!r/ EYE-z!n- how-!r; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961, and the last to be born in the 19th century. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the 34th President of the United States successful invasion of In office France and Germany January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 in 1944–45, from the Vice President Richard Nixon Western Front. In Preceded by Harry S. Truman 1951, he became the Succeeded by John F. Kennedy first supreme commander of 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe [2] NATO. In office April 2, 1951 – May 30, 1952 A Republican, Preceded by Post Created Eisenhower entered Succeeded by Gen. Matthew Ridgway the 1952 presidential race to counter the 1st Military Governor of the American isolationism of Sen. Occupation Zone in Germany Robert A. Taft, and to In office crusade against May 8 – November 10, 1945 "Communism, Korea Preceded by Post Created and corruption". He Succeeded by Gen. George Patton (acting) won by a landslide, defeating Democrat 13th President of Columbia University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 1 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM 13th President of Columbia University Adlai Stevenson and In office ending two decades of 1948–1953 the New Deal Preceded by Frank D. Fackenthal Coalition holding the White House. As Succeeded by Grayson L. Kirk President, Eisenhower concluded Born October 14, 1890 Denison, Texas, United States of negotiations with America China to end the Died March 28, 1969 (aged 78) Korean War. He Washington, D.C., United States maintained pressure Birth name David Dwight Eisenhower on the Soviet Union Nationality American during the Cold War, Political party Republican gave priority to inexpensive nuclear Spouse(s) Mamie Doud Eisenhower weapons and reduced Children Doud Dwight Eisenhower, the other forces to John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower save money. He had Alma mater U.S. Military Academy West Point, New York, United to play catch-up in the States Space Race after the Occupation Soldier Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite in Religion Presbyterian (originally Jehovah's Witness) 1957. On the domestic Signature front, he helped remove Joseph McCarthy from power Military service but otherwise left Service/branch United States Army most political actions Years of 1915–1953, 1961–1969[1] to his Vice President, service Richard Nixon. Rank General of the Army Eisenhower did not Commands Europe end New Deal Battles/wars World War II policies, and in fact Awards Army Distinguished Service enlarged the Social Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Security, and signed Legion of Merit, the Federal-Aid Order of the Southern Cross, Highway Act of 1956. Order of the Bath, He was the first term- Order of Merit, limited president in Legion of Honor accordance with the (partial list) 22nd Amendment. His two terms were peaceful, and generally prosperous except for a sharp economic recession in 1958–59. Historians typically rank Eisenhower among the ten greatest U.S. presidents.

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Contents

1 Early life and family 1.1 Religion 1.2 Education 1.3 Athletic career 2 Early military career 3 World War II 4 Aftermath of World War II 4.1 Occupation of Germany 4.2 Chief of Staff 4.3 Columbia University and NATO 4.4 Entry into politics 5 Presidency 1953–1961 5.1 Interstate Highway System 5.2 Foreign policy 5.2.1 Mideast 5.2.2 Eisenhower Doctrine 5.2.3 Vietnam 5.3 Racial issues 5.4 Judicial appointments 5.4.1 Supreme Court 5.4.2 Other courts 5.5 States admitted to the Union 5.6 Health issues 5.7 End of presidency 1960-1961 6 Post-presidency 6.1 Death and funeral 6.2 Legacy 7 Criticism 8 Tributes and memorials 9 Awards and decorations 9.1 Other honors 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading 12.1 Military career 12.2 Civilian career 12.3 Primary sources 13 External links

Early life and family

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Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third of seven boys born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover, of German, English and Swiss ancestry. In 1892 the family moved to Abilene, Kansas,[3] where he graduated from Abilene High School in 1909.[4]

He was called Dwight so he reversed the order of his given names when he enrolled at West Point Military Academy in 1911,[5] graduating as second lieutenant in 1915.

Eisenhower's paternal ancestry can be traced to his third great grandfather, Hans Nicolas Eisenhauer, whose surname is German for "iron worker";[6][7] in his autobiographic book, At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends, Dwight thought the name to mean "iron craftsman". Hans Eisenhauer and his family emigrated from Karlsbrunn (now Saarland), Germany, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741. Eisenhower's father, David Jacob Eisenhower (1863–1942), was a college-educated engineer but had trouble making a living and the family was poor.[8] The family lived in Texas from 1889 until 1892, then returned to Kansas.

Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover, was born on May 1, 1862 in Augusta County, Virginia near Staunton, where she was christened Elizabeth Ida in the Salem Lutheran Church, Mount Sidney, Virginia (currently the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church). She was orphaned on the deaths of her mother, Elizabeth Link Stover (1822–1867), originally Elizabeth Juda according to Salem Church baptismal records but later changed to Elizabeth Ida, and father, Simon Stover (1822–1873). She lived with her maternal grandparents, William Link and Esther Schindler Link, on their farm until William's death in 1879, and then with her maternal uncle and aunt, William J. Link and Susan Cook Link, on their farm until age twenty-one whereupon she joined two of her brothers Stover who had moved to Kansas. She married David Jacob Eisenhower on September 23, 1885 in Lecompton, Kansas on the campus of their alma mater, Lane University. The Links were descended from John Jacob Link (1682–1738) and Anna Neuwirth Link (1692-?), who emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1733.[9]

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Eisenhower family home, Abilene, Kansas

Eisenhower met Mamie Geneva Doud of Boone, Iowa while he was stationed in Texas. They married on July 1, 1916, in Denver, and had two sons. Doud Dwight Eisenhower was born September 24, 1917, and died of Eisenhower with his wife scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the Mamie on the steps of St. age of three.[10] Their second son, Mary's University of San John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, was Antonio, Texas, in 1916, where born on August 3, 1922; John served Eisenhower was at the time a football coach. in the United States Army, retiring as a brigadier general, became an author, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. John, coincidentally, graduated from West Point on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947. John and Barbara had four children: Dwight David II "David", Barbara Ann, Susan Elaine and Mary Jean. David, after whom Camp David is named, married Richard Nixon's daughter Julie in 1968.

Religion

When Eisenhower was a child, his mother Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower, previously a member of the River Brethren sect of the Mennonites, joined the International Bible Students, which would evolve into what is now known as Jehovah's Witnesses.[11] The Eisenhower home served as the local meeting hall from 1896 to 1915. The decision for West Point saddened his mother, who felt that warfare was "rather wicked," but she did not veto Eisenhower's entry to West Point.[12] None of the brothers were a Witness in adulthood.

Eisenhower was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in 1953. In 1948, he had called himself "one of the most deeply religious men I know" though unattached to any "sect or organization".[13] Eisenhower was instrumental

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Education

Dwight D. Eisenhower attended Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas and graduated with the class of 1909.[4] He was then employed as a night foreman at the Belle Springs Creamery.[14]

After Dwight worked for two years to support his brother Edgar's college education, a friend urged him to apply to the Naval Academy. Though Eisenhower passed the entrance exam, he was beyond the age of eligibility for admission to the Naval Academy.[15]

Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow recommended Dwight for an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1911, which he received.[15] Eisenhower graduated in the upper half of the class of 1915.[16] The 1915 class was known as "the class the stars fell on", because 59 members eventually became general officers.

Athletic career

Eisenhower later said that "not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest."[17] However he did make the high visibility football team, and was a varsity starter as running back and linebacker in 1912. In a bit of a fabled match-up, he even tackled the legendary Jim Thorpe in a 1912 game.[18] But Ike injured his knee; it became permanently damaged on horseback and in the boxing ring.[19] He would later serve as junior varsity football coach and yell leader.[20]

In 1916, while stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Eisenhower was football coach for St. Louis College, now St. Mary's University.[21][22]

Eisenhower played golf very enthusiastically later in life, and joined the Augusta National Golf Club in 1948.[23] He played golf frequently during his two terms as president, and after his retirement as well, never shying away from the media interest about his passion for golf. He had a small, basic golf facility installed at Camp David, and became close friends with Augusta National Chairman Clifford Roberts, inviting Roberts to stay at the White House on several occasions; Roberts, an investment broker, also handled the Eisenhower family's investments. Roberts also advised Eisenhower on tax aspects of publishing his memoirs, which proved to be

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See also: Military career of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1911. His parents, who were against militarism, did not object to his entering West Point because they supported his education. Eisenhower was a strong athlete and enjoyed notable successes in his competitive endeavors.

Eisenhower graduated in 1915. He served with the infantry until 1918 at various camps in Texas and Georgia. During World War I, Eisenhower became the #3 leader of the new tank corps and rose to temporary (Bvt.) Lieutenant Colonel in the National Army. During the war he trained tank crews at Part of the 1912 West Point football "Camp Colt"—his first team. Cadet Eisenhower 2nd from left; command—on the grounds of Cadet Omar Bradley 2nd from right. "Pickett's Charge" on the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Civil War battle site. Ike and his tank crews never saw combat. After the war, Eisenhower reverted to his regular rank of captain (and was promoted to major a few days later) before assuming duties at Camp Meade, Maryland, where he remained until 1922. His interest in tank warfare was strengthened by many conversations with George S. Patton and other senior tank leaders; however their ideas on tank warfare were strongly discouraged by superiors.[24]

Eisenhower became executive officer to General Fox Conner in the Panama Canal Zone, where he served until 1924. Under Conner's tutelage, he studied military history and theory (including Karl von Clausewitz's On War), and later cited Conner's enormous influence on his military thinking. In 1925–26, he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[25] There he graduated first in a class of 245 officers.[26] He then served as a battalion commander at Fort Benning, Georgia until 1927.

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College, and then served as executive officer to General George V. Mosely, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to 1933. He then served as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff, until 1935, when he accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines, where he served as assistant military adviser to the Philippine government. Eisenhower had strong philosophical disagreements with his patron regarding the role of the Philippine army and the leadership qualities that an American army officer should exhibit and develop in his subordinates. The dispute and resulting antipathy lasted the rest of their lives.[27] It is sometimes said that this assignment provided valuable preparation for handling the challenging personalities of Winston Churchill, George S. Patton and Bernard Law Montgomery during World War II. Eisenhower was promoted to the rank of permanent lieutenant colonel in 1936 after sixteen years as a major. He also learned to fly, although he was never rated as a military pilot. He made a solo flight over the Philippines in 1937.

Eisenhower returned to the U.S. in 1939 and held a series of staff positions in Washington, D.C., California and Texas. In June 1941, he was appointed Chief of Staff to General Walter Krueger, Commander of the 3rd Army, at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He was promoted to brigadier general on October 3, 1941.[28] Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command above a battalion and was far from being considered as a potential commander of major operations. World War II

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany. He was appointed Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the Chief of War Plans Division, General Eisenhower (seated, middle) with other Leonard T. Gerow, and then US Army officers, 1945. From left to succeeded Gerow as Chief of right, the front row includes Simpson, the War Plans Division. Then Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, he was appointed Assistant Hodges, and Gerow. Chief of Staff in charge of

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Operations Division under Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, who spotted talent and promoted accordingly.[29]

In 1942, Eisenhower was appointed Commanding General, European Theater of Operations (ETOUSA) and was based in London.[30] In November, he was also appointed Supreme Commander Allied (Expeditionary) Force of the North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA) through the new operational Headquarters A(E)FHQ. The word "expeditionary" was dropped soon after his appointment for security reasons. In February 1943, his authority was extended as commander of AFHQ across the Mediterranean basin to include the British 8th Army, commanded by General Bernard Law Montgomery. The 8th Army had advanced across the Western Desert from the east and was ready for the start of the Tunisia Campaign. Eisenhower gained his fourth star and gave up command of ETOUSA to be commander of NATOUSA. After the capitulation of Axis forces in North Africa, Eisenhower oversaw the invasion of Sicily and the invasion of the Italian mainland.

In December 1943, Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower—not Marshall—would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. In January 1944, he resumed command of ETOUSA and the following month was officially designated as the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), serving in a Eisenhower speaks with U.S. dual role until the end of paratroopers of the 502d Parachute hostilities in Europe in May Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 1945. In these positions he Division on the evening of June 5, 1944. was charged with planning and carrying out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord, the liberation of western Europe and the invasion of Germany. A month after the Normandy D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, the invasion of southern France took place, and control of the forces which took part in the southern invasion passed from the AFHQ to the SHAEF. From then until the end of the War in Europe on May 8, 1945, Eisenhower through SHAEF had supreme command of all operational Allied forces2, and through his command of ETOUSA, administrative command of all U.S. forces, on the Western Front north of the Alps.

As recognition of his senior position in the Allied command, on December 20, 1944, he was promoted to General of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 9 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM the Army, equivalent to the rank of Field Marshal in most European armies. In this and the previous high commands he held, Eisenhower showed his great talents for leadership and diplomacy. Although he had never seen action himself, he won the respect of front-line commanders. He dealt skillfully with difficult subordinates such as Patton, and allies such as Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General Charles de Gaulle. He had Monument at West Point fundamental disagreements with Churchill and Montgomery over questions of strategy, but these rarely upset his relationships with them. He negotiated with Soviet Marshal Zhukov,[31] and such was the confidence that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had in him, he sometimes worked directly with Stalin, much to the chagrin of the British High Command who disliked being bypassed.

It was never certain that Operation Overlord would succeed. The seriousness surrounding the entire decision, including the timing and the location of the Normandy invasion, might be summarized by a second shorter speech that Eisenhower wrote in advance, in case he needed it. Long after the successful landings on D-Day and the BBC broadcast of Eisenhower's brief speech concerning them, the never-used second speech was found in a shirt pocket by an aide. It read:[32]

Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. Aftermath of World War II

Occupation of Germany

Following the German unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, Eisenhower was appointed Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone, based in Frankfurt am Main. He had no responsibility for the other three zones, controlled by Britain, France, and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 10 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM

Soviet Union. Upon discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, he ordered camera crews to comprehensively document evidence of the atrocities in them for use in the Nuremberg Trials. He made the decision to reclassify Eisenhower as General of the German prisoners of war (POWs) in Army. U.S. custody as Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEFs). For the treatment of German economy and German civilians Eisenhower followed the orders laid down by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in directive JCS 1067, but softened them by bringing in 400,000 tons of food for civilians and allowing more fraternization.[33][34][35] In dealing with the devastation The Supreme Commanders on June 5, of postwar Germany he dealt 1945 in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, with severe food shortages Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov and a huge influx of refugees and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. by distributing American food and medical supplies.[36] His actions reflected the shifting American attitudes from seeing the German people as villains to seeing them as victims of the Nazis, while aggressively purging ex-Nazis.[37][38]

Chief of Staff

In November, 1945, Eisenhower returned to Washington to replace Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army. His main role was rapid demobilization of millions of soldiers, a slow job that was delayed by lack of shipping. As East-West tensions over Germany and Greece escalated, Eisenhower was strongly convinced in 1946 that Russia did not want war and that friendly relations could be maintained; he strongly supported the new United Nations. However, in formulating policies regarding the atomic bomb as well as toward the Soviets Truman listened to the State Department and ignored Eisenhower and the entire Pentagon. By mid- 1947 Eisenhower was moving toward a containment policy to stop Soviet expansion.[39]

Columbia University and NATO

In 1948, Eisenhower became President of Columbia University, a premier private university in New York; it was not a good fit in either direction.[40] In December 1950, he took leave from the university when

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1948 also was the year that Eisenhower's memoir, Crusade in Europe, was published.[41] Critics regarded it as one of the finest U.S. military memoirs, and it was a major financial success as well.

Entry into politics

Main article: United States presidential election, 1952

Not long after his return in 1952, a "Draft Eisenhower" movement in the Republican party persuaded him to declare his candidacy in the 1952 presidential election to counter the candidacy of non-interventionist Senator Robert Taft. (Eisenhower had been courted by both parties in 1948 and had declined to run then.) Eisenhower defeated Taft for the nomination, having won critical delegate votes from Texas, but came to an agreement that Taft would stay out of foreign affairs as Eisenhower followed a conservative domestic policy. Eisenhower's campaign was noted for the simple but effective slogan, "I Like Ike", and was a crusade against the Truman administration's policies regarding "Korea, Communism and Corruption."[42]

Eisenhower promised during his campaign to go to Korea himself and end the war there. He also promised to maintain both a strong NATO commitment against Communism and a corruption-free frugal administration at home. He and his running mate Richard Nixon, whose daughter later married Eisenhower's grandson David, defeated Democrats Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman in a landslide, marking the first Republican return to the White House in 20 years,[42] with Eisenhower becoming the last President born in the 19th century. Eisenhower, at 62, was the oldest man to be elected President since James Buchanan in 1856.[43] Eisenhower was the only general to serve as President in the 20th century, and the most recent President to have never held elected office prior to the Presidency. The other Presidents not to have sought prior elected office were Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, and Herbert Hoover. Presidency 1953–1961

Main article: Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower preached a doctrine of dynamic conservatism.[44] He Foreign trips of Dwight Eisenhower continued all the major New during his presidency. Deal programs still in operation, especially Social Security. He expanded its programs and rolled them into a new cabinet-level agency, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, while extending benefits to an additional ten million workers. His cabinet, consisting of several corporate executives and one labor leader, was dubbed by From left to right: Nina Kukharchuk, one journalist, "Eight Mamie Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev millionaires and a and Dwight Eisenhower at a state dinner plumber."[45] in 1959 In 1956, Eisenhower faced Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver on the Democratic ticket. Eisenhower won his second term with 457 of 531 votes in the Electoral College, and 57.6% of the popular vote.

Interstate Highway System Francisco Franco and President Dwight Main article: Interstate D. Eisenhower in Madrid in 1959 Highway System

One of Eisenhower's enduring achievements was championing and signing the bill that authorized the Interstate Highway System in 1956.[46] He justified the project through the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 as essential to American security during the Cold War. It was believed that large cities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 13 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM

would be targets in a possible future war, and the highways were designed to evacuate them and allow the military to move in.

Wernher von Braun briefs President Eisenhower's goal to create Eisenhower in front of a Saturn 1 improved highways was vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight influenced by his Center dedication on September 8, 1960. involvement in the U.S. Army's 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy. He was assigned as an observer for the mission, which involved sending a convoy of U.S. Army vehicles coast to coast.[47][48] His subsequent experience with German autobahns during World War II convinced him of the benefits of an Interstate Highway System. Noticing the improved ability to move logistics throughout the country, he thought an Interstate Highway System in the U.S. would not only be beneficial for military operations, but be the building block for continued economic growth.[49]

Foreign policy

Mideast

Soon after taking office, the Eisenhower administration authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to help the Iranian army overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, and restore the Shah to power.[50]

Eisenhower with Iranian Eisenhower Doctrine Shah Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi After the Suez Crisis in 1956, the United States became the protector of unstable friendly governments in the Middle East via the "Eisenhower Doctrine". Drafted by, and the brainchild of, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, it held the U.S. would be "prepared to use armed force...[to counter] aggression from any country controlled by international communism." Further, the United States would provide economic and military aid and, if necessary, use military force to stop the spread of communism in the Middle East.

Eisenhower applied the doctrine in 1957–58 by dispensing economic aid to shore up the Kingdom of Jordan, and by encouraging Syria's neighbors not to consider military operations against it. More dramatically, in July,

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1958, he sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon as part of Operation Blue Bat, a non-combat peace keeping mission to stabilize the pro-Western government and to prevent a radical revolution from sweeping over that country. The mission proved a success and the Marines departed three months later. The deployment came in response to the urgent request of Lebanese president Camille Chamoun after sectarian violence had erupted in the country. Washington considered the military intervention successful since it brought about regional stability, weakened Soviet influence, and intimidated the Egyptian and Syrian governments, whose anti-West political position had hardened after the Suez Crisis.[51]

Most Arab countries were skeptical about the "Eisenhower doctrine" because they considered "Zionist imperialism" the real danger. They did, however, take the opportunity to take free money and weapons. Egypt and Syria openly opposed the initiative and were supported by the Soviet Union. However, Egypt received American aid until 1967.[52]

As the Cold War deepened, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, sought to isolate the Soviet Union by building regional alliances of nations against it. His efforts were sometimes called "pacto-mania".[53]

Vietnam

The French asked Eisenhower for help in French Indochina against the Communists, supplied from China, who were fighting the First Indochina War. In 1953, Eisenhower sent Lt. General John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel to Vietnam to study and "assess" the French forces therein.[54] Chief of Staff Matthew Ridgway dissuaded the President from intervening by presenting a comprehensive estimate of the massive military deployment that would be necessary. However, later in 1954, Eisenhower did offer military and economic aid to the new nation of South Vietnam.[55] In the years that followed, Eisenhower increased the number of US military advisors in South Vietnam to 900 men.[56] This due to North Vietnam's support of "uprisings" in the south and concern the nation would fall.[55] After the election of November 1960, Eisenhower in briefing with John F. Kennedy pointed out the communist threat in Southeast Asia as requiring prioritization in the next administration. Eisenhower told Kennedy he considered Laos to be "the cork in the bottle" in regards to the regional threat.[57]

Racial issues

The Eisenhower administration declared racial discrimination a national security issue, meaning that the Communists around the world were using racial discrimination in the U.S. as a point of propaganda attack.[58] The day after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 15 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM

Board of Education in which segregated ("separate but equal") schools were ruled to be unconstitutional, Eisenhower told District of Columbia officials to make Washington a model for the rest of the country in integrating black and white public school children.[59][60] He proposed to Congress the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and signed those acts into law. The 1957 Act for the first time established a permanent civil rights office inside the Justice Department. Although both Acts were weaker than subsequent civil rights legislation, they constituted the first significant civil rights acts since the Civil Rights Act of 1875, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.

The "Little Rock Nine" incident of 1957 involved the refusal by Arkansas to honor a Federal court order to integrate the schools. Under Executive Order 10730, Eisenhower placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and sent Army troops to escort nine black students into Little Rock Central High School, an all-white public school. The integration did not occur without violence. Eisenhower and Arkansas governor Orval Faubus engaged in tense arguments.

Judicial appointments

Supreme Court

Main article: Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Court candidates

Eisenhower appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:

Earl Warren, 1953 (Chief Justice) John Marshall Harlan II, 1954 William J. Brennan, 1956 Charles Evans Whittaker, 1957 Potter Stewart, 1958

Other courts

Main article: Dwight D. Eisenhower judicial appointments

In addition to his five Supreme Court appointments, Eisenhower appointed 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 129 judges to the United States district courts.

States admitted to the Union

Alaska – January 3, 1959 49th state Hawaii – August 21, 1959 50th state

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Health issues

Eisenhower was probably the first president to allow his personal health problems to become public while in office.[61] In September 1955, while vacationing in Colorado, he had a serious myocardial infarct (heart attack) that required several weeks' hospitalization. He was treated by Dr. Paul Dudley White, a cardiologist with a national reputation, who regularly informed the press of the president's progress. As a consequence of his heart attack, Eisenhower developed a left ventricular aneurysm, which was in turn the source of a thromboembolic cerebrovascular accident (stroke) in November 1957. The president also suffered from regional enteritis (Crohn's disease), a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine, which necessitated surgery for a bowel obstruction in June 1956. Fortunately, the last 3 years of Eisenhower's term in office were ones of relatively good health. Eventually, however, after leaving the White House, he suffered several additional myocardial infarcts and was ultimately impaired physically because of them.[62]

End of presidency 1960-1961

In 1961, Eisenhower became the first U.S. president to be constitutionally prevented from standing for re-election to the office, having served the maximum two terms allowed by the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was ratified in 1951, during Harry S. Truman's term, but it stipulated that Truman would not be affected by the amendment. Eisenhower with President Kennedy in 1961 Eisenhower was also the first outgoing President to come under the protection of the Former Presidents Act; two then-living former Presidents, Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, left office before the Act was passed. Under the act, Eisenhower was entitled to receive a lifetime pension, state-provided staff and a Secret Service detail.[63]

In the 1960 election to choose his http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 17 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM successor, Eisenhower endorsed his own Vice-President, Republican Richard Nixon against Democrat John F. Kennedy. He thoroughly supported Nixon over Kennedy, telling friends: Official White House portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower. "I will do almost anything to avoid turning my chair and country over to Kennedy."[42] However, he only campaigned for Nixon in the campaign's final days and even did Nixon some harm. When asked by reporters at the end of a televised press conference to list one of Nixon's policy ideas he had adopted, he joked, "If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don't remember." Kennedy's campaign used the quote in one of its campaign commercials. Nixon lost narrowly to Kennedy. Eisenhower, who was the oldest elected president (and the oldest president) in history at that time, thus handed power over to the youngest elected president.[42]

On January 17, 1961, Eisenhower gave his final televised Address to the Nation from the Oval Office.[64] In his farewell speech to the nation, Eisenhower raised the issue of the Cold War and role of the U.S. armed forces. He described the Cold War saying: "We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method..." and warned about what he saw as unjustified government spending proposals and continued with a warning that "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." Though he said that "we recognize the imperative need for this development," he cautioned that "the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist... Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

Because of legal issues related to holding a military rank while in a civilian office, Eisenhower had resigned his permanent commission as General of the Army before entering the office of President of the United States. Upon completion of his Presidential term, his commission on the retired list was reactivated and Eisenhower again was commissioned a five-star general in the United States Army.[65][66] Post-presidency

Eisenhower retired to the place where he and Mamie had spent much of their post- war time, a working farm adjacent to the battlefield at

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In 1967, the Eisenhowers donated the farm to the National Park Service and since 1980 it has been open to the public as the Eisenhower Eisenhower leaving the White House [67] after a visit with President Johnson in National Historic Site. In 1967. retirement, he did not completely retreat from political life; he spoke at the 1964 Republican National Convention and appeared with Barry Goldwater in a Republican campaign commercial from Gettysburg.[68]

Death and funeral

Eisenhower died of congestive heart failure on March 28, 1969, at Walter Funeral services of Eisenhower Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. The following day his body was moved to the Washington National Cathedral's Bethlehem Chapel where he lay in repose for twenty-eight hours. On March 30, his body was brought by caisson to the United States Capitol where he lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda. On March 31, Eisenhower's body was returned to the National Cathedral where he was given an Episcopal Church funeral service. That evening, Eisenhower's body was placed onto a train en route to Abilene, Kansas. His body arrived on April 2, and was interred later that day in a small chapel on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Eisenhower is buried alongside his son Doud who died at age 3 in 1921, and his wife, Mamie, who died in 1979.[69]

Richard Nixon, by this time himself President, spoke of Eisenhower's death, "Some men are considered great because they lead great armies or they lead powerful nations. For eight years now, Dwight Eisenhower has neither commanded an army nor led a nation; and yet he remained through his final days the world's most admired and respected man, truly the first citizen of the world."[70]

Legacy

After Eisenhower left office, his reputation declined and he was seen as having been a "do-nothing" President. This was partly because of the

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 19 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM contrast between Eisenhower and his young activist successor, John F. Kennedy. Despite his unprecedented use of Army troops to enforce a federal desegregation order at Central High School in Little Rock, Eisenhower was criticized for his reluctance to support the civil rights movement to the degree which other activists wanted. Eisenhower was also criticized for his handling of the 1960 U-2 incident and the international embarrassment,[71][72] the Soviet Union's perceived leadership in the Arms race and the Space race, and his failure to publicly oppose McCarthyism. In particular, Eisenhower was criticized for failing to defend George Marshall from attacks by Joseph McCarthy, though he privately deplored McCarthy's tactics and claims.[73] Such omissions were held against him during the liberal climate of the 1960s and 1970s. Since that time, however, Eisenhower's reputation has risen. In recent surveys of historians, Eisenhower often is ranked in the top 10 among all US Presidents.

Although conservatism was riding on the crest of the wave in the 1950s, and Eisenhower shared the sentiment, his administration played a very modest role in shaping the political landscape. Instead of adhering to the party's right-wing orthodoxy, Eisenhower instead looked to moderation and cooperation as a means of governance.[74] This was evidenced in his goal of slowing the growth of New Deal/Fair Deal-era government programs, but not weakening them or rolling them back entirely.[74] Conservative critics of his administration found that he did not do enough to advance the goals of the right: "Eisenhower's victories were," according to Hans Morgenthau, "but accidents without consequence in the history of the Republican party."[75]

Eisenhower was the first President to hire a White House Chief of Staff or "gatekeeper" – an idea that he borrowed from the United States Army, and that has been copied by every president after Lyndon Johnson. (Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter initially tried to operate without a Chief of Staff but both eventually gave up the effort and hired one.)

Eisenhower founded People to People International in 1956, based on his belief that citizen interaction would promote cultural interaction and world peace. The program includes a student ambassador component which sends American youth on educational trips to other countries.[76]

Eisenhower described his position on space and the need for peace during his General Assembly of the United Nations, New York City, 22 September 1960.

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competition? The choice is urgent. And it is ours to make. The nations of the world have recently united in declaring the continent of Antarctica 'off limits' to military preparations. We could extend this principle to an even more important sphere. National vested interests have not yet been developed in space or in celestial bodies. Barriers to agreement are now lower than they will ever be again." [77]

Eisenhower also warned about the emerging military-industrial complex in his Chance for Peace Speech:

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." [78]

Eisenhower was the first president to appear on color television. He was videotaped when he spoke at the dedication of WRC-TV's new studios in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 1958. The tape has been preserved and is believed to be the oldest surviving color videotape.[citation needed] Criticism

In the book Other Losses (1989), the Canadian writer James Bacque controversially claims that Eisenhower deliberately caused the death of 790,000 German captives in internment camps through disease, starvation and cold from 1944 to 1949. In similar French camps some 250,000 more are said to have perished. The International Committee of the Red Cross was refused entry to the camps, Switzerland was deprived of its status as "protecting power" and POWs were reclassified as "Disarmed Enemy Forces" in order to avoid recognition under the Geneva Convention. Bacque argued that this alleged mass murder was a direct result of the policies of the western Allies, who, with the Soviets, ruled as the Military Occupation Government over partitioned Germany from May 1945 until 1949. He laid the blame on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying Germans were kept on starvation rations even though there was enough food in the world to avert the lethal shortage in Germany in 1945–1946.[79]

In 1990, invited historians, including Stephen Ambrose and Günter Bischof, gathered in the Eisenhower Center for American Studies[80] at the University of New Orleans for an academic conference to examine such charges as Bacque had put forth. The conference concluded that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 21 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM there may have been mistreatment of German prisoners in 1945 but not as a result of any order from Eisenhower. The material that Bacque gathered was said to have been taken out of context and was careless scholarship as such. In 1992 a book with the conference's results was edited by Ambrose and Bischof and published.[81] Tributes and memorials

Eisenhower's picture was on the dollar coin from 1971 to 1978.[82] Nearly 700 million of the copper-nickel clad coins were minted for general circulation, and nearly 50 million uncirculated and proof issues (in both copper-nickel and 40% silver varieties) were produced for collectors.[83] He reappeared on a commemorative silver dollar issued in 1990, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Dollar coin issued by the United States Mint from his birth, which with a double image of 1971 to 1978 him showed his two roles, as both a commemorating soldier and a statesman.[82] The reverse of Eisenhower the commemorative depicted his home in Gettysburg.[82] As part of the Presidential $1 Coin Program, Eisenhower will be featured on a gold-colored dollar coin in 2015.[84]

He is remembered for his role in World War II, the creation of the Interstate Highway System and ending the Korean War. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the second Nimitz-class supercarrier, was named in his honor.

The Interstate Highway System is officially known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in his honor. Several highways are also named for him, including the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) near Chicago and the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70 west Eisenhower Interstate of Denver. System sign south of San Antonio, Texas The British A4 class steam locomotive No. 4496 (renumbered 60008) Golden Shuttle was renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1946. It is preserved at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay,

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Wisconsin.

Eisenhower College was a small, liberal arts college chartered in Seneca Falls, New York in 1965, with classes beginning in 1968. Financial problems forced the school to fall under the management of the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1979. Its last class graduated in 1983.

Eisenhower Hall, the cadet activities building at West Point, was completed in 1974.[86] In 1983, the Eisenhower Monument was unveiled at West Point.

The Eisenhower Medical Center in The bronze statue of Rancho Mirage, California was named Eisenhower that stands in after the President in 1971. the rotunda as part of the National Statuary Hall The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Collection. He is depicted Center, located at Fort Gordon near wearing an "Ike Jacket".[85] Augusta, Georgia, was named in his honor.[87]

In February 1971, Dwight D. Eisenhower School of Freehold Township, New Jersey was officially opened.[88]

In 1983, The Eisenhower Institute was founded in Washington, D.C., as a policy institute to advance Eisenhower's intellectual and leadership legacies.

In 1989, U.S. Ambassador Charles Price and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dedicated a bronze statue of Eisenhower in Grosvenor Square, London. The statue is located in front of the current US Embassy, London and across from the former command center for the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, offices Eisenhower occupied during the war.[89]

In 1999, the United States Congress created the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, to create an enduring national memorial in Washington, D.C. In 2009, the commission chose the architect Frank Gehry to design the memorial.[90][91] The memorial will stand near the National Mall on Maryland Avenue, SW across the street from the National Air and Space Museum.[92]

On May 7, 2002, the Old Executive Office Building was officially renamed the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. This building is part of the White House Complex, west of the West Wing. It currently houses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 23 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM a number of executive offices, including ones for the Vice President and his or her spouse.[93]

A county park in East Meadow, New York (Long Island) is named in his honor.[94] In addition, Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma near his birthplace of Denison is named in his honor; his actual birthplace is currently operated by the State of Texas as Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site.

Many public high schools and middle schools in the U.S. are named after Eisenhower.

There is a Mount Eisenhower in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire.

A tree overhanging the 17th hole that always gave him trouble at Augusta National Golf Club, where he was a member, is named the Eisenhower Tree in his honor.

The Eisenhower Golf Club at the United States Air Force Academy, a 36- hole facility featuring the Blue and Silver courses and which is ranked #1 among DoD courses, is named in Eisenhower's honor.

The 18th hole at Cherry Hills Country Club, near Denver, is named in his honor. Eisenhower was a longtime member of the club, one of his favorite courses.[95]

In front of City Hall in Chula Vista, California a tree was dedicated to Eisenhower for the anniversary of his visit to Chula Vista.[citation needed] Awards and decorations

U.S. military decorations Army Distinguished Service Medal w/ 4 oak leaf clusters Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit U.S. Service Medals Mexican Border Service Medal World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 9 service stars The star of the Russian Order of World War II Victory MedalVictory. Eisenhower was fooled. His Army of Occupation Medalstar w/ was "Germany" not made claspof precious stones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower Page 24 of 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 12/3/10 6:19 PM Army of Occupation Medalstar w/ was "Germany" not made claspof precious stones but out of rhinestones [96] National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star International and Foreign Awards[97] Order of the Liberator San Martin, Grand Cross (Argentine) Order of Merit (Austria), Type II, Grand Cross (Austria) Order of Leopold, Grand Cordon (Belgium) Croix de guerre w/ palm (Belgium) Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross (Brazil) Order of Military Merit, Grand Cross (Brazil) Order of Aeronautical Merit, Grand Cross (Brazil) War Medal (Brazil) Campaign Medal (Brazil) Order of the Merit of Chile, Grand Cross (Chile) Order of Cloud and Banner, Grand Cordon, Special Class (China) Order of the White Lion, Grand cross (Czechoslovakia) War Cross 1939-1945 (Czechoslovakia) Order of the Elephant, Knight (Denmark) Order of Abdon Calderón, First Class (Ecuador) Order of Ismal, Grand Cordon with Star (Egypt) Order of Solomon, Knight Grand Cross with Cordon (Ethiopia) Order of the Queen of Sheba, Member (Ethiopia) Legion of Honor, Grand Cross (France) Order of Liberation, Companion (France) Military Medal (France)[98] Croix de guerre w/ palm (France) Royal Order of George I, Knight Grand Cross with Swords (Greece) Royal Order of the Savior, Knight Grand Cross (Greece) Cross of Military Merit, First Class (Guatemala) National Order of Honour and Merit, Grand Cross with Gold Badge (Haiti) Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Knight (Holy See) Military Order of Italy, Knight Grand Cross with Swords (Italy) Order of the Chrysanthemum, Grand Cordon (Japan) Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Cross (Luxembourg) Luxembourg War Cross (Luxembourg) Order of the Aztec Eagle, Collar (Mexico) Medal of Military Merit (Mexico)

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Medal of Civic Merit (Mexico) Order of Ouissam Alaouite, Grand Cross (Morocco) Order of the Netherlands Lion, Knight Grand Cross (Netherlands) Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Grand Cross (Norway) Order of Nishan-e-Pakistan, First Class (Pakistan) Orden Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Grand Cross (Panama) Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero, Grand Collar (Panama) Order of Sikatuna, Grand Collar (Philippines) Shield of Honor Medal, Chief Commander (Philippines) Distinguished Service Star, (Philippines) Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight (Poland) Order of Virtuti Militari, First Class (Poland) Cross of Grunwald, First Class (Poland) Order pro merito Melitensi, Knight Grand Cross (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) Order of the Royal House of Chakri, Knight (Thailand) Order of Nichan Iftikhar, Grand Cordon (Tunisia) Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross (United Kingdom) Order of Merit, Member (United Kingdom) Africa Star, with "8" and "1" numerical devices (United Kingdom) Order of Victory, Star (USSR) Order of Suvorov, First Class (USSR) The Royal Yugoslav Commemorative War Cross (Yugoslavia)

Other honors

In 1966, Eisenhower was the second person to be awarded Civitan International's World Citizenship Award.[99] The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1977, was named after the former president. Eisenhower's name was given to a variety of streets, avenues, etc., in cities around the world, including Paris, France. In December 1999, Eisenhower was listed on Gallup's List of Most Widely Eisenhower receiving the Admired People of the 20th Century. Civitan International World Citizenship Award in 1966 In 2009, Eisenhower was named to the World Golf Hall of Fame in the Lifetime Achievement category for his contributions to the sport.[100]

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The United States Postal Service has honored Eisenhower with 6¢ and 8¢ postage stamps. These stamps are often considered as part of the Prominent Americans series (1965–1978). See also

Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower Atoms for Peace, a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in December 1953 Eisenhower National Historic Site Eisenhower Presidential Center Historical rankings of United States Presidents History of the United States (1945–1964) Military-industrial complex, a term made popular by Eisenhower Mount Eisenhower People to People Student Ambassador Program Ike: Countdown to D-Day A 2004 American television film about Eisenhower's difficult decisions he had to make as Supreme Commander that Stamp issued by the USPS in led to the successful D-Day invasion of World War II. 1969 commemorating Dwight List of Presidents of the United States D. Eisenhower Eisenhower on U.S. Postage stamps References

Specific references:

1. ^ "The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Homepage" (http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/All_About_Ike/Post_Presidential/Post_Presidential.html) . Eisenhower.utexas.edu. http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/All_About_Ike/Post_Presidential/Post_Presidential.html. Retrieved May 3, 2010. 2. ^ Former SACEURs (http://www.aco.nato.int/page61411944.aspx) 3. ^ The house in which he was born has been preserved as Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site and is operated by the Texas Historical Commission. 4. ^ a b "Public School Products" (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865992,00.html) . Time. September 14, 1959. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865992,00.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008. 5. ^ Eisenhower, David (May 2007). "World War II and Its Meaning for Americans" (http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/129.200705.eisenhower.ww2meaningamericans.html) . www.pfri.org. Foreign Policy Research Institute. http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/129.200705.eisenhower.ww2meaningamericans.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008. 6. ^ Original German spelling was Eisenhauer, literally "iron beater". 7. ^ "EISENHOWER – Name Meaning & Origin" (http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/e/bl_name- EISENHOWER.htm) . The New York Times Company. genealogy.about.com. http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/e/bl_name-EISENHOWER.htm. Retrieved September 6, 2008. 8. ^ Ambrose 1983, pp. 13–14 9. ^ "The Link Family," by Paxton Link (1951) 10. ^ Berger-Knorr, Lawrence. The Pennsylvania Relations of Dwight D. Eisenhower. p. 8. 11. ^ Smith, Gary Scott, (2006). Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush. 12. ^ Carlo D'Este, Eisenhower: a soldier's life (2002) p. 58 13. ^ "Faith Staked Down", Time magazine, February 9, 1953, online (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889614,00.html) 14. ^ "Eisenhower: Soldier of Peace" (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839998-3,00.html) . TIME. April 4, 1969. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839998-3,00.html. Retrieved May 23, 2008.

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General references:

Ambrose, Stephen (1983). Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect (1893–1952). New York: Simon & Schuster. D'Este, Carlo (2002). Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1963). Mandate for Change, 1953–1956. Parmet, Herbert S. (1972). Eisenhower and the American Crusades. Sixsmith, E. K. G. (1973). Eisenhower, His Life and Campaigns. Further reading

Military career

Ambrose, Stephen E. Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890–1952 (1983);' Ambrose, Stephen E. The Victors: Eisenhower and his Boys: The Men of World War II (http://books.google.com/books?id=ag7omy2OvBgC&printsec=frontcover) , New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-85628-X Eisenhower, David. Eisenhower at War 1943–1945 (1986), New York : Random House. ISBN 978-0394412375. A

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detailed study by his grandson. Irish, Kerry E. "Apt Pupil: Dwight Eisenhower and the 1930 Industrial Mobilization Plan", The Journal of Military History 70.1 (2006) 31–61 online in Project Muse. Nadich, Judah. Eisenhower and the Jews. Twayne Publishers, Inc., New York, 1953. Deals mainly with the story of the Jewish displaced persons in Germany and Austria early in their liberation and the part played by then General Eisenhower and his Advisor for Jewish Affairs, Lt. Col Judah Nadich. Pogue, Forrest C. The Supreme Command, Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1954. The official Army history of SHAEF. Weigley, Russell. Eisenhower's Lieutenants. Indiana University Press, 1981. Ike's dealings with his key generals in WW2

Civilian career

Albertson, Dean, ed. Eisenhower as President (1963). Alexander, Charles C. Holding the Line: The Eisenhower Era, 1952–1961 (1975). Ambrose, Stephen E. Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890–1952 (1983); Eisenhower. The President (1984); one volume edition titled Eisenhower: Soldier and President (2003). Standard biography. Bowie, Robert R. and Richard H. Immerman; Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy, Oxford University Press, 1998. Burk, Robert. "Eisenhower Revisionism Revisited: Reflections on Eisenhower Scholarship," Historian, Spring 1988, Vol. 50 Issue 2, pp 196–209 Chernus, Ira. Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity, Stanford University Press, 2008. Damms, Richard V. The Eisenhower Presidency, 1953–1961 (2002). David Paul T. (ed.), Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952. 5 vols., Johns Hopkins Press, 1954. Divine, Robert A. Eisenhower and the Cold War (1981). Greenstein, Fred I. The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader (1991). Harris, Douglas B. "Dwight Eisenhower and the New Deal: The Politics of Preemption" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997. Harris, Seymour E. The Economics of the Political Parties, with Special Attention to Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy (1962). Krieg, Joann P. ed. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soldier, President, Statesman (1987). 24 essays by scholars. McAuliffe, Mary S. "Eisenhower, the President", Journal of American History 68 (1981), pp. 625–632. Medhurst, Martin J. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Strategic Communicator Greenwood Press, 1993. Pach, Chester J. and Elmo Richardson. Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1991). Standard scholarly survey.

Primary sources

Boyle, Peter G., ed. The Churchill-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1953–1955 University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Eisenhower, Dwight D. Crusade in Europe (1948), his war memoirs. Eisenhower, Dwight D. The White House Years: Waging Peace 1956–1961, Doubleday and Co., 1965. Eisenhower Papers (http://millercenter.org/scripps/reference/papers/eisenhower.html) 21 volume scholarly edition; complete for 1940–1961. Summersby, Kay. Eisenhower was my boss (1948) New York: Prentice Hall; (1949) Dell paperback. External links

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Annotated Bibliography for Dwight D. Eisenhower from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues (http://alsos.wlu.edu/qsearch.aspx?browse=people/Eisenhower,+Dwight) The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum (http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/) Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Resource Guide (http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/eisenhower/index.html) from the Library of Congress Works by or about Dwight D. Eisenhower (http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-66408) in libraries (WorldCat catalog) 1952 Ike for President TV Ad (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9RAxAgksSE) Full audio of Eisenhower speeches via the Miller Center of Public Affairs (UVa) (http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches) Eisenhower's Secret White House Recordings via the Miller Center of Public Affairs (UVa) (http://millercenter.org/scripps/digitalarchive/presidentialrecordings/eisenhower/index) Audio clips of Eisenhower's speeches (http://vvl.lib.msu.edu/showfindingaid.cfm?findaidid=EisenhowerD) Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, including Home and Tomb (http://www.dwightdeisenhower.com/library-museum.html) Farewell Address (Wikisource) First Inaugural Address (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/eisen1.asp) Second Inaugural Address (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/eisen2.asp) The Presidential Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower (searchable online) (http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/index.htm) TIME Magazine Cover: Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 4, 1969 (http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19690404,00.html) The Eisenhower Center for American Studies (http://www.ikecenter.uno.edu) Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace (http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/series_ecs.html) Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan (http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/29ike/29ike.htm) Essay on Dwight D. Eisenhower (http://millercenter.org/index.php/academic/americanpresident/eisenhower) with shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and First Lady from the Miller Center of Public Affairs

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