{"product_id":"ike-in-love-and-war-how-dwight-d-eisenhower-sacrificed-himself-to-keep-the-peace-9781637584224","title":"Ike in Love and War: How Dwight D. Eisenhower","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower is one of America’s greatest and least appreciated presidents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Behind the demeanour that made Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower so popular was a cold-as-steel intelligence that kept his country prosperous and out of danger. Because his operating methods were so deeply hidden, it is only in the past few decades that historians have grasped the full extent of his achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIke in Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e shows the hidden sacrifices that made Eisenhower remarkable. It probes the mission that was driving him: the quest to reconcile his skill as a fighter with his mother’s pacifism, which led him to become the greatest \u003ci\u003epeacekeeper\u003c\/i\u003e of his age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than other biographies, this one explores the man’s emotions. It puts the long-standing dispute about his romance with Kay Summersby in a new perspective: tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here is the story of a unique American, the passion and brilliance he kept concealed, the ambition that propelled him, the sacrifices that wore down his health, and the sheer self-mastery that made it all look easy.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It never was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His achievements are timely as Americans face unprecedented dangers. This is the story of the world Ike made, the things he achieved, and the surprises that may still be in store for us as we strive to understand his life in full.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richard Striner’s new book on Dwight Eisenhower presents a groundbreaking look into this genuinely great American leader’s sense of self and how and why he is such a defining historical figure. Striner pursues the depths of how Ike accomplished so much for America and the world - much of it unrecognized at the time. Who was this soldier-statesman and who and what shaped and motivated him? These questions and more are answered in this superbly engaging book of great consequence. A book that is especially relevant in our dangerously complicated and volatile world of today. Eisenhower’s quiet insightful and courageous leadership is the hallmark of leadership …..all leadership.” -- Chuck Hagel, Vietnam Veteran, Former U.S. Senator and Former Secretary of Defense\u003cbr\u003e“Richard Striner is an unapologetic admirer of the man humbly reared in Abilene, Kansas, and who rose to become the most important wartime commander in American history. Eisenhower served two terms as president at the height of the Cold War and was, Striner concludes, ‘a masterful president.’ Striner’s rigorous research and lively writing produce a compelling case for Ike’s leadership, in a book that itself is ‘masterful.’” -- David A. Nichols, author of \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Civil Rights Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEisenhower 1956: The President’s Year of Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIke and McCarthy: Dwight Ei\u003cbr\u003e\"Richard Striner's new biographical study, \u003ci\u003eIke in Love and War\u003c\/i\u003e, breaks new ground in depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower as the tragic hero of America's modern democracy. Deeply researched and accessible, as well as provocative, it fits old facts into new perspectives and, most useful of all, broadens our understanding of the shrewd, complex, principled, often-misunderstood man who was the preeminent soldier-statesman of our times.\" -- Philip Terzian, author of \u003ci\u003eArchitects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Permuted Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410884862295,"sku":"9781637584224","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781637584224.jpg?v=1730511718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ike-in-love-and-war-how-dwight-d-eisenhower-sacrificed-himself-to-keep-the-peace-9781637584224","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}