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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
During the past 1, days I&#;ve journeyed back through time to witness some of the most dramatic moments in American history.
I&#;ve observed the struggle to draft a constitution, watched as the young nation almost tore itself apart, and looked on as millions of Americans struggled through the Great Depression.
After 33 presidents, biographies and over 80, pages I&#;m two-thirds of the way through this great adventure. And yet nothing about it has grown stale, tired or even remotely mundane.
That&#;s why I can begin my journey through the biographies of Dwight Eisenhower with more than a modicum of optimism. From a distance he seems detached, humorless and a bit uninteresting. But I know from experience that most presidents are far more complex (and fascinating) than their two-dimensional caricatures.
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I&#;m beginning with Jean Edward Smith&#;s &#;Eisenhower In War and Peace.&#; This is my third presidential biog
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Eisenhower
Chapter 1
Abilene, West Point, World War I
He was born on October 14, , in a small rented frame house, not much more than a shack, beside the railroad tracks in Denison, Texas. He was the third son of David and Ida Stover Eisenhower. They were members of the Mennonites, fundamentalists in their religion, and pacifists. David was a common laborer -- he had once owned a general store in Hope, Kansas, purchased with an inheritance from his father, but it had failed. In he moved to Abilene, Kansas, where a relative had found him a job as a mechanic at the Belle Springs Creamery. When the Eisenhowers stepped onto the train platform in Abilene, David had in his pocket the sum total of his capital, $
In a small two-story white frame house at South East Fourth Street, set on a three-acre plot, David and Ida raised six strong, healthy boys -- Arthur (born ), Edgar (), Dwight, Roy (), Earl (), and Milton (). The Eisenhowers were respected around town, but the family was in
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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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Like many of the presidents whose lives I&#;ve explored during the past 4+ years, inom found Dwight Eisenhower&#;s pre-presidency more interesting than his years in the vit House.
In beställning to understand Eisenhower&#;s character and core principles it is tempting to study his actions as Supreme Allied Commander during World War II or his presidential legacy of peace, prosperity and probity.
But the best insight into Eisenhower is gained by observing his evolution under the guidance of Generals Conner, Pershing, MacArthur and Marshall during the formative period of his long military career. This is where Eisenhower was molded, hardened and prepared for not just the D-Day invasion but, ultimately, the presidency.
During the three months inom spent with the thirty-fourth president inom read eleven books, including four traditional single-volume biographies of Eisenhower, a two-volume series, a series förkortning and fyra n