Dwight D. Eisenhower: Soldier and President

by Jeff Young

America's thirty-fourth president and the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower learned as a boy in rural Kansas that it was best to approach life's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883846765
• ISBN13: 9781883846763
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

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I'm the author and I want to quote the review from the 11/15/2001 issues of Booklist. The review is by Roger Leslie"Eisenhower evolved from a hot-tempered, free-spirited West Point cadet to a meticulous military strategist and shrewd if seemingly detached commander in chief. Weaving together private, familial and professional threads, Young reveals Ike's story with a flair that makes both the man's questionable and admirable traits interesting. Without judging, Young relates details about Ike's remote personality and relationships with key historical figures - among them Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman - and about myopic presidedntial decisions such as stalling desegregation and ingnoring Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt. Colorful portraits of Ike's wife Mamie, and cold war rival Krushchev, add interest. There is enough drama here to make the story of the thirty-fourth president a surprisingly dynamic tale."