This is a general biography on president Eisenhower through a look at his diaries, which can provide a deeper insight into his perspective.
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Competent Ike,
By Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Eisenhower Diaries (Paperback)
Robert Ferrell the editor of this book does an excellent job in presenting them, and providing background and context for what often seem disconnected remarks. Ike was not it seems a dedicated diarist but one who on occasion wrote down his thoughts about a particular subject. Most often these related to his work and his future actions. He writes almost nothing about personal, familial matters. One exception to this is when his father dies and he regrets not being able to go home to console his mother. He speaks of his mother as the finest person he has known. He also speaks with great respect about his father and says it was only because of his father's reputation for honesty and integrity that Ike was nominated for West Point. Ike says he wishes he had shown his father more affection.The Diaries begin with Ike in the Phillipines serving under General MacArthur who Ike very much dislikes. Ike has harsh words for a number of people and apparently had small tolerance for fools. The diaries record the period in which Ike is called into major service in planning the Allied Second Front operation in North Africa. They contain his remarks on the preparations made for his greatest achievement the commanding of the Normandy landing, and subsequent War to defeat the Nazis in Europe. The diaries contain little about the actual battles, and a very small amount about the overall history. Nonetheless we get a picture of Ike as a very competent leader, one who knew how to cooperate and work with others, one who was rational and smart, and very clear in his thinking. The sense he gives of himself is not of a fierce angry warrior but rather as a supremely competent manager of men and events. The diaries also cover a period of his post- war political life prior to his running for and winning the Presidency in 1952. The Diaries give a sense of a competent, and decent person one who knew how to get the job done.
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By the time that Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, in October 1935, arrived in the Philippines for duty with the special mission headed by General Douglas MacArthur, the future president of the United States must have thought that the United States Army might not be taking his lifetime hopes in any clearly discernible direction and that, generally speaking, life was not going to hold too many surprises and certainly no large future. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, General Marshall, White House, United Nations, New York, World War, Supreme Court, Senator Taft, War Department, State Department, Western Europe, General Clark, General Snyder, President Truman, General Brooke, Senator George, Far East, West Point, Foster Dulles, Secretary Dulles, General Paget, Korean War, Eighth Army, Philippine Islands, Middle East Browse Sample Pages:
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By the time that Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, in October 1935, arrived in the Philippines for duty with the special mission headed by General Douglas MacArthur, the future president of the United States must have thought that the United States Army might not be taking his lifetime hopes in any clearly discernible direction and that, generally speaking, life was not going to hold too many surprises and certainly no large future. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, General Marshall, White House, United Nations, New York, World War, Supreme Court, Senator Taft, War Department, State Department, Western Europe, General Clark, General Snyder, President Truman, General Brooke, Senator George, Far East, West Point, Foster Dulles, Secretary Dulles, General Paget, Korean War, Eighth Army, Philippine Islands, Middle East Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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