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    <body><![CDATA[i'm about halfway through this, and I'm loving it. Stephen Ambrose may well convince me that the best way to learn history is through one person's (Eisenhower) or one group's (Easy Company in Band of Brothers) story. Read either of these book, and I'll be he'll convince you too.<br/><br/>One thing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42666501">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some men become so iconic it is hard to get a sense that they are real people at all. I had previously put Eisenhower in this category and I loved getting a glimpse into this man who was made for his time. The supremely weighty decision of D-day alone would have turned lesser men to complete jelly. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72527330">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great editorial on the European theater.  But, Ambrose is heavily biased toward Eisenhower.  It is almost as if he can do no wrong in Ambrose's eyes.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Easily readable book about an underrated contemporary Figure. Had it in my library for years but really never read it till recently. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book if you want to learn about Eisenhower the General, not Eisenhower the President.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[fascinating when taken in the context of internatioal affairs of today i.e. North Korea/ Iran and Iraq]]></body>
    
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