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"When former fashion model Kay Summersby is assigned to drive General Eisenhower in war-time London, they quickly become involved -- in spite of Ike's marriage to Mamie and Kay's engagement to an American colonel. Kay and Ike struggle to keep their commitments but are increasingly and irresistably drawn to one another. Then Kay's financ�♭ is killed and Ike, facing the most challenging battles of the war, makes her his closest aide, confidante,...

"A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history"--

In 1944, Americans were fighting in World War II. As a general, Dwight D. Eisenhower planned a huge attack and helped win the war. How did Eisenhower's experience in the military shape his two terms as president? In this fascinating introduction, young readers will learn about Eisenhower's early life, his achievements as president, and the many ways he is remembered today. Each 24-page book in this series features controlled text with age-appropriate...

A biography of President Dwight D. Eisenhower which features his efforts to contain communism and to avoid war in Vietnam, as well as his involvement with McCarthyism and the desegregation of schools.

Examines the life and achievements of Dwight D. Eisenhower, discussing his childhood, his West Point education, his military service and post-war career, and his two terms as president of the United States.

This book profiles three presidents who dared to follow a moderate course.

"An excellent book . . . D'Este's masterly account comes into its own." -The Washington Post Book World Born into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Eisenhower chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander. With full access to private papers and letters,...

He was in fact an odd sort of general, being modest, tolerant, candid, peace-loving, suggestible and conciliatory to the point of weakness. He was an astonishing contrast to the flamboyant egotists, prima donnas to a man, who dominated the contemporary stage. He had the charisma of a film star yet he exuded self-effacing moderation and natural good sense. Ike was the epitome of the common man.-Piers Brendon Read Piers Brendon's insightful biography...