eisenhower, dwight d

Examines the contradictory interpretations of Dwight David Eisenhower's effectiveness as a leader and analyzes his paradoxical personality--one possessed of strong passions but a weak character, noble instincts but irresolute will, and generous impluses but selfish motives.

A biography of the commander general of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II who became the thirty-fourth President of the United States.

Discussion of the three mid-twentieth-century presidents who took the United States through the Cold War, the Cuban blockade, the civil rights movement, and into the Vietnam War.

Traces the life of the thirty-fourth president, from his childhood in Kansas, through his military career, to his terms as president and his efforts to preserve American strength during the start of the Cold War.

A biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower, drawing from interviews, letters and diaries, and research to examine his life as a soldier, a civilian, and president.

Describes the shocking event in 1960 when an U.S. spy plane was shot down in the Soviet Union just prior to a vital summit meeting.

Chronicles Dwight Eisenhower's life and presidency, describing his youth in Kansas, his marriage to Mamie, his accomplishments as a military general, and his last years.

Chronicles the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower and examines his presidency, describing it as one of "missed opportunities" and discussing such topics as school desegregation, McCarthyism, and work on a nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union.

Profiles the lives and careers of Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D. Eisenhower; and examines how their lives interconnected through two world wars and the Cold War, their individual personalities, and the circumstances that put them in the forefront in the last days of World War II.