Eisenhower at War 1943-1945

New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Anita Karl and Jim Kemp (Maps). xxvii, [1], 977, [3] pages. Principal Figures. Glossary. Bibliography. Notes. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has some wear, tears and soiling. Some edge soiling. Some endpaper soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Doug Romagnoli, With best wishes for a full life. David Eisenhower October 11, 1986. This book focuses on Eisenhower's conduct of the war and provides an extensively documented analysis of the political ramifications of the course of the war and Eisenhower's decisions. Dwight David Eisenhower II (born March 31, 1948) is an American author, public policy fellow, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and eponym of the U.S. presidential retreat Camp David. He is the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, and a son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. He was a teaching adjunct and public policy fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, author, and co-chair of the Foreign Policy Research Institute's History Institute for Teachers. From 2001 to 2003, he was editor of Orbis, a quarterly published by the institute. Eisenhower was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1987 for his work Eisenhower At War, 1943-1945 about the Allied leadership during World War II. He was the host of a public television series called The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower, distributed by American Public Television. Derived from a Kirkus review: The younger Eisenhower has spent some six years on this project, covering only a three-year period in Ike's career. Eisenhower: At War is a work of dignified, completely researched history. Three decades after Eisenhower's presidency, a spate of books is being published on issues of his era or about the man. David's view is that Eisenhower's experiences in WW II were the clay he molded into his overall world view, which is ultimately crucial to the understanding of his presidency. Eisenhower saw Russia's isolation as a danger to the postwar world, and spent the next 15 years of his public life attempting to defuse the Cold War. When his attempts failed, he warned his citizens of the consequences, especially as they related to the "military-industrial complex." David Eisenhower's special status, in being able to call upon his own father for firsthand information and on his father-in-law Richard Nixon's expertise in foreign matters, has helped him to produce a very solid work. It is a secondary source, but his interpretations are full of acumen, and he doesn't shrink from uncomfortable topics, such as Eisenhower's decision to allow Montgomery to go ahead with his Market Garden attack, even when Ike knew that it was doomed, in order to finally dispose of Monty's challenges to his authority. Nepotism in the pursuit of biography is no vice.