grand bargain in the cold war or sell out West Germany by agreeing to Khrushchev’s demands. To make his point, in late summer Eisenhower conducted a hasty tour of three key capital cities: Bonn, London, and Paris. On August 26 he set off for West Germany and was met by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and by an enormous crowd lining the streets of the capital city—a heartwarming welcome for the man who, only 14 years earlier, had arrived in Germany as a conqueror. Now Eisenhower came as a symbol of America’s commitment to defend Germany from Soviet pressure. A day of discussion with Adenauer left
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