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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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born

October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas, The United States

died

March 28, 1969

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male

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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Politics

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Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower, nicknamed "Ike", was a General of the Army (five star general) in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstat...more

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Books by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Average rating: 3.82 · 297 ratings · 33 reviews · 43 distinct works

	Crusade in Europe 3.82 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions	My rating:
	At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends 3.85 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions	My rating:
	White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Eisenhower: The Prewar Diaries and Selected Papers, 1905-1941 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Letters to Mamie by Dwight D. Eisenhower, John S.D. Eisenhower 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960 61: Containing The Public Messages And Statements Of The President, January 1, 1960 To January 20, 1961 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1960	My rating:
	The Eisenhower Diaries 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981	My rating:
	The Cumulated Indexes to the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978	My rating:
	Peace with Justice: Selected Addresses of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Grayson Kirk (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Dwight D. Eisenhower's Favorite Poetry, Prose and Prayers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

tags: books , censorship , freedom , libraries , reading , thought

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“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 are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

tags: government , guns , military , military-budget , politics , poverty , war , weapons

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“Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower

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