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Eisenhower Volume I: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952
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Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Dwight D. Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, and most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president.
At various times in his life, Eisenhower was a soldier at wartime, the Chief of Staff, patron to the North American Treaty Organization, president of Columbia University, and the Supreme Commander of the United States. However, he was also a father, son, husband, and friend. This deeply personal biography concerns itself less with the “life and times” of Eisenhower and more on the man himself, his achievements and triumphs, failures and concerns, as well as his relationships with those closest to him.
A charismatic leader with a high degree of intelligence, integrity, tremendous energy and a commitment to basic principles that drew soldiers, civilians, and foreigners alike to him, Eisenhower was also ambitious, sensitive to criticism, and avid sportsman who was terribly loyal to his friends and family.
Ultimately, Ambrose presents a masterful portrait of Eisenhower that finely delves into his personal life during his presidency, the onset of the Cold war, and as the leader of a rapidly evolving nation struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights, atomic weapons, and a new global role. Ambrose shows what an extraordinary person Eisenhower was and the extent to which many who live in freedom today owe to him. This superb interpretation of Eisenhower's life confirms Stephen Ambrose's position as one of the nation’s finest historians.
At various times in his life, Eisenhower was a soldier at wartime, the Chief of Staff, patron to the North American Treaty Organization, president of Columbia University, and the Supreme Commander of the United States. However, he was also a father, son, husband, and friend. This deeply personal biography concerns itself less with the “life and times” of Eisenhower and more on the man himself, his achievements and triumphs, failures and concerns, as well as his relationships with those closest to him.
A charismatic leader with a high degree of intelligence, integrity, tremendous energy and a commitment to basic principles that drew soldiers, civilians, and foreigners alike to him, Eisenhower was also ambitious, sensitive to criticism, and avid sportsman who was terribly loyal to his friends and family.
Ultimately, Ambrose presents a masterful portrait of Eisenhower that finely delves into his personal life during his presidency, the onset of the Cold war, and as the leader of a rapidly evolving nation struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights, atomic weapons, and a new global role. Ambrose shows what an extraordinary person Eisenhower was and the extent to which many who live in freedom today owe to him. This superb interpretation of Eisenhower's life confirms Stephen Ambrose's position as one of the nation’s finest historians.
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Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I've read Crusade in Europe (by Eisenhower about his time there) and both of Omar Bradley's autobiographies. Read a couple books on Patton and MacArthur and a minor host of them on Churchill and Roosevelt. So I have some background on the person and events covered in this biography.
I most enjoyed reading about his early years in the Army before WWII. WWII was exhausting and exhilarating for Eisenhower and sometimes just exhausting for the reader.
It really is about who you know sometimes. We see this illustrated for Eisenhower getting opportunities to serve. But, make no mistake, opportunities may have come from knowing people but Eisenhower never would have been anybody if he wasn't ready to work very hard to do and be his best.
I had not read about Ike's political campaign or how he approached the possibility of becoming president and enjoyed reading about that.
I'd like to think this is one of the better biographies on Eisenhower. However, I know in the past few years several have been published and it seems a new appreciation for Eisenhower has arisen. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The book is well constructed, absorbing but ultimately too hagiographic to be the last word on Eisenhower. The author aptly retells the first 62 years of his life, not overly abridging or over-telling, allowing the audience to get a sense of the man. Giving the reader a constant need to keep reading in the search of even more interesting and/or humorous information.The author is ultimately too reverent for my taste. Biographers, must by definition, love their subjects. Lascivious biographies not-with standing; most biographers are struggling to spread to enlighten the world on the magnificence of their subject. With presidential biographers this is doubly a problem. (Of course some biographers hate their subject, this book is not of that strain.)The author never lies, but he does abridge Ike's negative aspects and indulge on his positive ones. (E.g. Eisenhower decides not to, after the Normandy invasion, go to Upper Normandy at once, later pushing supply lines to their limits. Mr. Ambrose, the author, rather focuses on his bumbling of Antwerp, which seems just as harsh however the difference between Eisenhower's expediency in the north of France, Antwerp is that Eisenhower curses himself for the later. That is Ambrose illuminates Eisenhower's self-criticism (which had been done previously) through this mistake- laying off the fact that he could have solved the problem before it occurred by sending one of his better generals to push the Germans back into Belgium opening more ports/guaranteeing more supply lines.)Not a bad biography by any means, but when it is read make sure you understand you are reading a disciple, an intelligent one, but a disciple nonetheless.
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