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Author of the best-seller FDR, Jean Edward Smith is a master of the presidential biography. Setting his sights on Dwight D. Eisenhower, Smith delivers a rich account of Eisenhower’s life using previously untapped primary sources. From the military service in WWII that launched his career to the shrewd political decisions that kept America out of wars with the Soviet Union and China, Smith reveals a man who never faltered in his dedication to serving America, whether in times of war or peace.

©2012 Jean Edward Smith (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC Amériques Armée et guerre Guerres et conflits Militaire Politique et militantisme Présidents et chefs d'État Seconde Guerre mondiale Guerre Dwight Eisenhower Franklin D. Roosevelt Union soviétique Biographie Impérialisme Japon impérial Chine Iran Autodétermination Moyen Âge Russie Amérique Latine Sous-marin Moyen-Orient Socialisme Afrique L’entre-deux-guerres Force aérienne

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“Always engrossing . . . Smith describes a man who commanded the largest coalition army in history without grandiloquent posturing . . . leaving office more popular than any successor. . . . Smith portrays a genuinely admirable Eisenhower: smart, congenial, unpretentious, and no ideologue. Despite competing biographies from Ambrose, Perret, and D’Este, this is the best.” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“Dwight Eisenhower, who was more cunning than he allowed his adversaries to know, understood the advantage of being underestimated. Jean Edward Smith refutes this durable misunderstanding. Smith, America’s greatest living biographer, demonstrates why, now more than ever, Americans should like Ike.” (George F. Will)
“Jean Smith, indubitably America’s most distinguished biographer, has now produced the classic life of Dwight Eisenhower…Here he comes alive on every page—the beneficiary of the exhausting fresh research this handsomely written book is based upon. When the General died, Mamie, his lifelong wife, allowed that she never fully knew her famous husband. No reader of Smith’s work will render the same complaint.” (Henry F. Graff, Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University)
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I loved it! Very honest and delivered in a great way and entertaining way. I’d highly recommend this to anyone interested in Ike’s life.

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I have listened to at least a hundred or so books on history and this is probably in my top 3. Eisenhower was such an interesting man. I don’t think the current generation quite realizes what he did for America and the western world and what a capable leader he was. It was interesting to hear an honest depiction of Eisenhower including his failures and inadequacies. I normally shy away from audiobooks over about 15 hours as I tend to get sick of listening to the same topic that long but that never happened with this book. I actually wish it had more detail about his presidency.

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Detailed account of the life and times of Eisenhower. The author seemed careful not to get involved in salacious rumors but rather stuck to facts sharing both the good and the bad.

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