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Eisenhower in War and Peace

byJean Edward Smith

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY

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In his magisterial bestsellerFDR, Jean Edward Smith gave us a fresh, modern look at one of the most

indelible figures in American history. Now this peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D.

Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever writt ...more

Hardcover, 976 pages

Published February 21st 2012 by Random House (first published January 1st 2012)

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John Bellamyrated it

Few reputations are more mutable than those of former U. S. presidents. Im ancient

enough to recall the contrasting images of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy

that prevailed for several decades after they had passed from the scene: Eisenhower,

likeable and grandfatherly but dim, disengaged and increasingly enfeebled Kennedy,

young, dynamic and ever open to fresh ideas and ways of doing things. Not

coincidentally, Kennedys Camelot halo began dimming just about the time the scholarly

r ...more

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Haroldrated it

Shelves: history, biography

I didn't know much about Eisenhower, who was president when I was a baby. The 50s

always seemed like this backward, but idyllic time but Eisenhower gets little credit, and

is hardly noted. If Jean Smith's book is to be believed (and I have no reason to doubt it),

he was a good general, more political than strategic, and a phenomenal president. Where

is he today? Here was a president who could accomplish great things and who had great

vision without having to announce it to the world. And he had ...more


Danielrated it

Usually when it comes to popular biographies of major historical figures, there's a

question of why exactly another biography is necessary after umpteen thousand volumes

have been written on the subject. And there are certainly no lack of books on Dwight D.

Eisenhower, as a general or as President, but in this case the 'why' is clear. The most

influential Eisenhower biographer is Stephen Ambrose, whose writings on DDE included

eye-popping revelations like Eisenhower's private doubts about integr ...more


Brian Eshlemanrated it

Shelves: biography

This book offers almost 1000 pages on Eisenhower, and I did not feel like I knew him.

Good biographies offer such an intimate portrait of the subject's psyche that the reader

knows how he or she would react in a different situation, OR they provide such a

detailed, textual portrayal of the subject's times that the reader feels like he or she was

present in them. Great biographies offer both. This one falls short on both counts.

Eisenhower is so magisterial and fascinating that whatever fraction o ...more


Wandarated it

This is a very detailed but superbly written biography of Dwight Eisenhower. I love

histories and biographies the bring their subjects to life, and Smith certainly does that.

Bravo to the writing and research. I only have a few minor quibbles with his details.

Later.

Smith is even in his treatment of Eisenhower. He admires the man and his contribution

to the U.S. and to the war in Europe, but he is also a bit criticial of his also somewhat

critical of his military performance, during the North Af ...more

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Hadrianrated it

Shelves: american, biography-memoir, nonfiction, politics-and-foreign-policy

Eisenhower is one of the few presidents of the 20th century who is liked by both sides of

the increasingly divided political spectrum. The Interstate Highway System,

Desegregation, a Budget Surplus, won WWII and ended Korea, put a stop to 'gunboat

diplomacy' by the European powers at Suez, and one of the longest consecutive periods of

economic growth. His approval rating stayed above 60% for most of his term -

astonishing by today's standards.

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3/7

Such is the nature of presidential administrations in ...more

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Steverated it

Shelves: biography, history, war, political-world, did-not-finish

Smith has a nice flowing style, but at 765 pages, I'll probably pass. The reason can be

found in the early warning footnotes. The level of unnecessary detail can be stunning. I'm

diligent about reading footnotes, so when I read a footnotes telling me about the six

wheel concept behind the York Pullman ( an automobile the young Eisenhower drove),

the seemingly complete history of Abilene, and disputes about the origins of the term

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Carolinerated it

Shelves: biography, american-history, world-war-2

I always pick up a Jean Edward Smith book with a sense of anticipation. I wish there was

an on-demand service where he could write a biography for all of my favourite historical

figures. This one on Eisenhower, like his others on Grant and FDR, is superb. He

somehow manages to balance scholarly analysis, balanced appraisal and deep research

with an engaging narrative style and a touch of humour, and it makes his books an utter

pleasure to read. I wish he'd take on Lincoln or Sherman or RFK.

Eisen ...more


Marks54rated it

This is a well done and long biography that sets out to make a point - that contrary to

popular opinion, even among those who read history, Eisenhower was the second most

effective US president in the 20th century - after FDR. The author is clear in making his

interpretive points, even while providing a carefully documented and reasonable

account. The key to the argument is Smith's view that Eisenhower's top management

skills, his moderation, and his ability to forge consensus were the key eleme ...more


Davidrated it

Shelves: biography-and-memoir

Eisenhower was a quiet and subtle man, who just wanted to serve. His entire life was

dedicated to public service, from West Point to the White House. I learned a lot about our

34th president reading this book, such as how he was almost sent to military court and

would have probably neve r accomplished what he did, the days leading up to D-Day, and

how he chose to pick his cabinet when he became president. However, at nearly 750

pages (not counting notes and acknowledgments), t his book contains qu ...more

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Mayrated it

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The Achilles' heel of biographers are those who fall in love with their subject and fail to

be objective about the sub ject's failings (an excellent example of this is David

McCullough's biography of John Adams).In general, the author of this biography does his best to be as even-handed as he can,

although a pro-Eisenhower bias is still evident. The book is a comprehensive look at

Eisenhower's life and at how surprisingly private and closed he was (the mischievous

grin he flashed papered over man ...more


Josh Lillerrated it

Shelves: biography, military, politics

A small history discussion group I belong to chose Dwight Eisenhower as our next topic.

Having previously read and enjoyed Jean Edward Smith's GrantI chose to read his

biography of Ike.

Smith certainly seems qualified to write about Eisenhower, having written previousbiographies of his contemporaries Franklin Roosevelt and Lucius Clay, plus the

aforementioned of Ulysses Grant biography. Eisenhower, Grant, and Washington are the

only three generals turned two-term presidents in US history.

This h ...more

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Elginrated it

Shelves: history

Having read extensively about WWII, I have always admired Eisenhower for his amazing

leadership associated with the D-Day landings in France. When I heard this book

reviewed on NPR I knew that I had to read it, though it took a year to get my hands on it.

DDE lived an amazing life, from his humble beginnings in Abilene, Kansas, through his

rise in the military, through his years as President. Like all of us, DDE made some

mistakes and in the position he was in these mistakes cost lives. But he t ...more


Harry Lanerated it

Eisenhower is a well-known public figure, and the broad outline of his life is well known.

There have been earlier biographies as well, so one should not expect any startling

revelations from this new biography, and indeed there are none. That said, this is by far

the best and most complete narrative of Eisenhower's life and times. Smith provides a

number of details about Ike's early career that have been glossed over, such as his use of

Army mentors to obtain favorable assignments. Smith's acco ...more


H Wesseliusrated it

An excellent and thorough biography of man who stood in the center of modern Americanhistory. The author critically outlines his less than stellar military career where the

proximity of friends and mentors to the trappings of power helped propel Eisenhower to

the top despite errors in judgement. From his success in Europe, the author then moves

to his more stellar political career. Its here where Eisenhower's pragmatic and calm

personality shaped by the military is put to good use. From the aut ...more


Nikkirated it review of another edition

Shelves: biography, history, non-fiction

I dont read very many biographies, and those I do read tend most often to have a great

deal of history in them. I also prefer to read biographies written after the dust has settled

and some historical perspective has been achieved. Jean Edward Smiths book on

Eisenhower fits the bill disconcerting though it was to think of my childhood as history.But that comes later.

Smiths portrait of Eisenhowers childhood contains elements that seem to be common to

a number of presidents a weak, unsucc ...more

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Mikerated it

Shelves: american-history, biography, cold-war-era, non-fiction, non-fiction-favorite, own-read,

world-war-2-era

A fantastic read about one of the gr eat Americans in history. I had read ve ry litt le about

Eisenhower before this book, and I now realize how much I have been missing out on the

knowledge of a great figure.

This book covers all of Ike's life with the first third focused on his career and rise to

power, the second third on his time during World War II, and the third third on his

Presidency. Ike's rise through the Army was not terribly interesting, but reading about a

peace time army is not exciti ...more

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Edrated it

I read much of this book on the 8 hour flight across the Atlantic. It is long but very

readable and now in the run up to the 2012 election is a very good time to read it. I like

military history and thought his account of Ike's military career excellent and well

balanced, often seeing his failures as well as his successes. But it is the Presidential ye ars

that are most relevant today. I think Eisenhower was probably the second great

President of the 20th century, after Franklin Roosevelt and way ...more


Jackrated it

Shelves: biography, history, nonfiction, politics, presidents

Great book. My eyes glaze over with regards to military maneuvers, but I loved the life

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5/7

story of this great and lucky man.

Two interesting things: 1) he made more mistakes as a military leader than I had

previously realized 2) he was a sneakier politician than I previously realized and 3) he

had a better, albeit imperfect, moral compass on race matters than I had previously

realized.

A fair book, a pleasure to read. T he US se ems to have been large ly lucky to have this guy

in important leadershi ...more


Chrisrated it

Most recent in the "Awesome Presidents" series that JES seems fixated on. Shockingly

readable prose meets hugely long series of world events where Ike does mostly the right

thing but occasionally screws up. I came away impressed with Ike's political skills,

relative lack of military intuition, and subtly "progressive" political bias. The coverage of

his presidency was particularly engrossing, especially his crisis management skills (first

rate) and the political backdrop (eerily reminiscent of t ...more


Gary Schantzrated it

This book was quite long which in most cases I don't mind when it's well-written.

In this case, there are three problems with its' length:

1 - There were too many footnotes on the bottoms of too many pages and this was very

distracting. If the author felt that these notes were imperative to the story then he should

have included them in the story. There were some foot notes that took up half a page but

didn't pertain to the subject of the chapter. Most of the footnotes were "additional"

thoughts t ...more

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Michael Dunnrated it

I enjoy reading presidential biographies and usually don't have much bad to say about

one I've read. This one is no exception. I knew little detail about Dwight D. Eisenhower

and was interested to read how much of a complex person he was - incredibly friendly

but ver y difficult to know. His wife Mimi was asked by her son well after t he President's

death if she felt she had really known him. Her answer was sardonic, "I'm not sure

anyone did."

A great administrat ive commander and president, I unde ...more


Robin Friedmanrated it

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 -- 1969) served as the 34th President of the United

States (1953 -- 1961) following his career as the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces

during WW II. His presidency and his generalship have been the subject of varied

assessments over the years. I was a child in the 1950s and my first memories of a

president are of Eisenhower. To many younger Americans, he may remain an obscure

historical figure. Jean Edward Smith's new large biography, "Eisenhower in War and Pe

...more


Johnrated it

I've read a lot about Ike. I spent two summers as a seasonal National Park Ranger at his

farm near Gettysburg in the mid-80's, and back then there seemed to be two treatments

of him: hagiographies, or works that praised the soldier and criticized the aloof

President. Smith paints Ike as less than a perfect soldier (although a talented consensus

builder), but a much bette r President than many believe d. He r evisits many of Ike's

challenges, recognizes the benefits Ike received from senior mentors, ...more


Czarny Piesrated it

Recommends it for: Quelqu'un qui veut une biographie a saveur acadmique de DwightEisenhower.

Recommended to Czarny by: J'avas lu au pralable l'excellente biographie d'Ulysses S. Grant du

meme auteur

Shelves: american-history

Cette biographie de Dwight D. Eisenhower (Prsident des EU entre 1952 et

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6/7

Commandant en Chef des Forces Allies entre 1942 et 1946) mrite certainement 4

toiles et possiblement 5. Etant donn que c'est la seule biographie d'Eisenhower que j'ai

lue je ne suis pas en msure de dire qu'elle est la meilleure et qu'elle est mrite la

cinquieme toile qui est probabelement le cas.

Dans son livre, Edward dresse un portrait d'Eisenhower qui se conforme l'image

populaire qui prvaut: c'est dire, comme ...more


Tomadded it

My gratitude for this book exceeds whatever I might say: Smith is, of course, a

remarkable biographer and writer (though his "acknowledgements" credit a host of folks

who have contributed to t his book's success). T here were t imes I found my heart racing

as Smith recounted the days before D-Day, and the fateful days when President

Eisenhower was making decisions regarding Indochina, Iran, Guatemala and Suez. The

chapter on Little Rock was riveting.

For me, his Indochina and Suez decisions were rig ...more


judyrated it

Shelves: biography-memoir

Seriously impressed by the biographer--although no one could make Ike exciting. That

was really t he point, however . Eisenhower had s ome unusual gifts that allowed him to be

a superior leader--when he saw the need to be. His military training taught him todelegate and he did that easily without hovering. When a decision had to be made,

however, he made it himself without consulting anyone and took full responsibility. Like

any great leader, his understanding of and response to people was virtual ...more


Ardenrated it

An excellent book - it gave a insightful biography of the man and also greatly increased

my understanding of how the military operates. Was amazed to learn that twice during

his presidency military leaders were calling for use of the atomic bomb and he would not

allow this to happen.

Favorite quote from him is "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every

rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,

those who are cold and not clothed. This wo ...more


Bryn Dunhamrated it

Shelves: history, owned-books

To keep it pithy, I'll just say that I really liked the book though I can honestly say that

after knowing virtually nothing about Eisenhower, I now hold a lot of respect for him

even if I don't care for the man. I didn't realize he was a paper pushing staff officer his

entire career, but was brilliant when it came to the big picture as an administrator. He

was a ter rific leader and r espected the pr esidency and the Constitution. I didn't care for

his politics, for he was a true RINO Republican, b ...more


Brianrated it

I have read a lot of biographies in my time, this is one of the best I have read along with

David McCullough's John Adams. Dwight Eisenhower was a complex person. Even his

wife admitted she probably neve r knew him. T he book takes you through his whole life,

his rise through the army ranks, his time in World War II, President of Columbia

University, the head of NATO, and President of the United States. The book really made

me understand how complex of a leader Ike really was and made me wish for ...more


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