Recounts the life of the general who led Allied troops to victory in World War II and became thirty-fourth president of the United States.

A revisionist assessment of Eisenhower credits him with moving defense dependency away from atomic bombs, eliminating the period deficit, and building the interstate highway system.

Set during the chaotic years of World War II, The General?s Women tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during the war. Told from three alternating points of view (Kay?s, Ike?s, and Mamie?s), the novel charts the deepening of the relationship as Ike and Kay move from England to North...

"Little Ike remembered growing up in his home town fondly, even after he became a famous world leader. "Abilene is just another small town," Little Ike told himself, "no different from all the others that dot the plains." But it had not always been that way. When he told his Uncle Abe, his older relative just shook his head and said, "Once Abilene was the first cowtown, full of cowboys and longhorn cattle. Once Wild Bill Hickok was the lawman here."...

In this engaging, fast-paced biography, Louis Galambos follows the career of Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, offering new insight into this singular man who guided America toward consensus at home and a peaceful victory in the Cold War. The long-time editor of the Eisenhower papers, Galambos may know more about this president than anyone alive. In this compelling book, he explores the shifts in Eisenhowers identity and reputation over his lifetime and...

Captioned photographs and a biographical essay describe the man who was the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII and 34th President of the United States.

January 17, 1961: President Eisenhower delivered a speech three days before President-elect Kennedy's inauguration: three days that were the culmination of a lifetime of service that took Eisenhower from rural Kansas to West Point, to the battlefields of World War II, and finally to the Oval Office. As president, Eisenhower--former Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during World War II--guided the U.S. out of war in Korea, through the threat of nuclear...

It is fall 1944, Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they'll be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, "Hitler's Commando," famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has just received orders for Operation Greif: he is to assemble a new brigade of two thousand men, all of whom speak English, and send them behind Allied lines disguised as GIs, where they will wreak havoc in advance of a savage new...