Eisenhower : soldier-statesman of the American century / Douglas Kinnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinnard, Douglas.

Series:

Military profiles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Career in the military.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Military leadership.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Command of troops.

United States.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 112 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, Inc., [2002]

Summary:

-- Provides an insightful and concise account of America's foremost warrior-diplomat

-- Examines Eisenhower's ties to the great figures of twentieth-century political and military affairs

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 birth 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. 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.

Contents:

Abilene and West Point

Brown shoe army

General Ike

The great crusade

Road to the White House

Mr. President

Waging peace

Afterward and legacies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.

ISBN:

1574883992

OCLC:

49952586