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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
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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
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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
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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
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Brian Eshlemanrated it
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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
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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
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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
"Buffalo soldier," I figure I would of been in for a very long and ...more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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