Eisenhower biographies
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Dwight David Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower
General of the Army
Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces
October 14, &#; March 28,
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, July Public Domain
Dwight D. Eisenhower began his career in the U.S. Army on June 14, as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. As a young officer, his ability to understand military strategy was noticed by high-ranking officials. During World War II, he rose through the ranks to become the Allied Supreme Commander and five-star General of the Army, orchestrating the June 6, , D-Day landings at Normandy, France. After World War II, Eisenhower was elected the 34th President of the United States and served two terms from Despite the outward appearance of two enormously successful careers, Eisenhower’s life is truly representative of the phrase of “not getting what you want, but what you need.”
Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, , in Denison, Texas, to David and Ida Eis
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Reading the Man: Dwight Eisenhower's Love of Books
“For me, the reading of history was an end in itself, not a source of lessons to guide us in the present or to prepare me for the future…. I did not know what opportunities were there for learning. I read history for history’s sake, for myself alone.”
Dwight Eisenhower, writing in his memoir, At Ease, of his early interest in reading.
Dwight Eisenhower was a man of many interests, passions, and hobbies. He had a well-publicized love of golf, a deep affinity for painting, and was quite the card player as well. While these passions emerged in Eisenhower’s adulthood, there is one interest he maintained as a hobby from his early boyhood until his final days: reading.
As a boy, Eisenhower was captivated by books. Initially, he was drawn to the Classics, writing in his memoir, “My first reading love was ancient history.” One of seven boys growing up in the Eisenhower family in Abilene, Kansas, young Ike’s days were full of chores
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Bibliography of Dwight D. Eisenhower
This bibliography of Dwight D. Eisenhower is a list of published works about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34thpresident of the United States.
General biographies
[edit]- Ambrose, Stephen (). Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect (–). Vol.&#;I. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- Ambrose, Stephen (). Eisenhower: The President (–). Vol.&#;II. New York: Simon & Schuster.
- Boyle, Peter G. (). Eisenhower. Pearson/Longman. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
- D'Este, Carlo (). Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life. ISBN&#;.
- Galambos, Louis (). Eisenhower becoming the leader of the free world. ISBN&#;.
- Krieg, Joann P. ed. (). Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soldier, President, Statesman. 24 essays by scholars. ISBN&#;
- Newton, Jim (). Eisenhower: The White House Years. Doubleday. ISBN&#;.
- Parmet, Herbert S. (). Eisenhower and the American Crusades. OCLC&#;
- Smith, Jean Edward (). Eisenhower in War and Peace. Random House. ISBN&