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Dwight D. Eisenhower had two careers: before he was one of America's most popular presidents, he was its greatest military commander. His military career lasted much longer, and (according to John) it was far more important to him personally. Nobody is in a better position to tell the story of General Ike than John, who was by his side for much of it, and who rose to the rank of Brigadier General before retiring to write seminal and bestselling works of military history. GENERAL IKE is a definitive, revealing, and brilliantly crafted study of the right stuff of leadership. Great leaders bring out the best in the people around them, and Ike was no exception. Drawing on scenes witnessed by few others, and comments given him in private by his father, John Eisenhower shows how his father's keen mind, great sense of the strengths of others, and perseverance in the face of all duties combined to bring America to victory.
- Sales Rank: #1987644 in Books
- Published on: 2003-05-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.32" h x 1.10" w x 6.34" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
From Publishers Weekly
This thoroughly worthwhile memoir recalls the author's father in his association with various distinguished soldiers and statesmen of the past century. The roster begins with Fox Conner (a pre-WWII general and Ike's mentor), John J. Pershing (the AEF commander in WW I) and George Patton (when both he and Ike were officers in the Tank Corps of 1919). The final trio is Charles de Gaulle, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and Winston Churchill. In the author's view, De Gaulle's French patriotism brought out the best and the worst in him, in dealing both with Ike and with his fellow countrymen. Monty never understood Ike, asked the impossible and grumbled when he didn't get it. And Churchill (at whose funeral Ike represented the U.S.) is inscrutably sui generis in the author's eyes as in those of so many others. In between are sketches of MacArthur, Marshall and Patton (as a subordinate general). Possibly the most moving piece recalls the period of 1940-1941, the last days of the peacetime army, when the younger Eisenhower, now the author of such titles as Yanks and The Bitter Woods, was a cadet at West Point, and his father was dreaming of staying with troops in the coming war. But the author paints no one in rosy hues, not even his father, and his research puts them all in their proper context.
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From Booklist
The author, Dwight Eisenhower's only child (an older son died in infancy), was a West Point cadet during World War II who occasionally visited his father during the titanic conflict. Combining his personal vantage point with his insights as a notable military historian in his own right, Eisenhower here discusses a gallery of Ike's famed associates: George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, Bernard Montgomery, and Winston Churchill. The author met all of them and incorporates his personal observations into the more detached descriptions of their influence on or interaction with his father's rise to command the Allies in Europe. Marshall, for example, was directly responsible for Ike's prominence, but he was a figure of remote rectitude in public and equally enigmatic in person. Most readers will likely zero in on the author's views of the bad boys Ike dealt with, Patton and Monty, and Eisenhower's anecdotes fit the popular impression of a profane Patton and an obstreperous Monty. With such personalities plus the author's perspective on historical disputes, these recollections are sure to find an eager audience. Gilbert Taylor
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About the Author
A graduate of West Point and retired Brigadier General in the Army Reserve, John S. D. Eisenhower has served on the U.S Army General Staff, on the White House Staff, and as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller THE BITTER WOODS, an account of the Battle of the Bulge, and most recently, AGENT OF DESTINY, a life of General Winfield Scott.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Taut and very well written
By Candace Scott
John Eisenhower's book on the Mexican War persuaded to me to purchase this book and I am glad I did. Eisenhower writes extremely well and always in an entertaining, informative style. This ability to convey details in a personal way enhances this splendid look at Ike in the pivotal period 1940-1945. Though John didn't see too much of his father during this turbulent times, he obviously knows much behind the scenes information which he now imparts to the reader.
This isn't a full-scale biography of Ike (consult Ambrose for that), but rather contains different chapters on famous military personalities in Ike's orbit. These include the pompous MacArthur, who said of Eisenhower in the Philippines, "He was the best clerk I ever had," Patton, Bradley, Churchill and Monty. General Montgomery was, of course, an insufferable prig and egomaniac, and John details the delicate path Ike had to traverse in keeping the Brit in check. He also reveals many of Ike's thoughts and movements prior to June 6, 1944, D-Day for the Allies.
I highly recommend this book to all who admire Eisenhower, to any WWII buff or anyone who admires taut, well-written historical prose. A great read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Unusually Unique
By Readalots
Retired Brig. General John Eisenhower has again given history a gift for the ages with "General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence" (2003 277-page hardback). (His earlier work "Yanks" -about the First World War- was also a brilliant piece.) "General Ike" will long present Dwight D. Eisenhower's military personality to colleagues, historians, students, and admirers.
Early on, author Eisenhower determines to present his illustrious father, the General, as military man rather than politician. In deed, he understands Ike's to have effectively negotiated a two-part career: 1st as military leader, and, 2nd as political statesman. This book focuses on Ike's military commander aspect.
John Eisenhower brings a plethora of knowledge, research, interviews, and personal accounts for telling the interesting story of his dad's memorable military career. Creatively, he presents Ike with chapter vignettes for each personality that affected the General's life. Readers are presented Ike's life with George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Charles De Gaulle, and Winston Churchill. Ike's appreciation for General Fox Connor, General George Marshall, and Prime Minister Churchill are thoroughly analyzed. Ike's issues with Montgomery, Patton, and De Gaulle are reviewed. (By the end, Ike was able to overlook the differences and remain friendly with each man.)
Admitting a personal bias for his father, the author concludes his study suggesting that Eisenhower ranks with the history's greatest generals. Certainly, all should agree that Ike was the 20th century's greatest general. (He should also be a candidate for one of America's greatest 20th century leaders.)
The personal reminiscences alone make this book worth its price. John Eisenhower is often present with his father during historic moments. His access to Ike's paper, family life, and personal thoughts is unprecedented. As Ike's son, he was accepted into the General's circle of exceptional history makers. The knowledge gain through these experiences is presented in "General Ike". This book is unusually unique.
"General Ike" is recommended to everyone interested in Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower and World War 2.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
What Ike's son learned
By A Customer
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John Eisenhower is conspicuous among those of us who have had more than one career. A graduate of West Point, John followed his famous father into the army, and as a junior officer was witness to some historic moments of World War II. Subsequently, he emerged as a historian in his own right. Mr. Eisenhower's narrative of the Battle of the Bulge, "The Bitter Woods," and his history of the Mexican War, "So Far From God," reflect his broad interest in the military history of the past two centuries.
Although Mr. Eisenhower has seven books to his credit, he has not written specifically about his father until now. (There are, after all, many Eisenhower biographies, of which my personal favorite is that by Carlo d'Este.) "General Ike," as the subtitle makes clear, is not a full biography, but a series of essays that focus on Ike's dealings with important figures of the war years, most notably Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, and Generals George Marshall, Bernard Montgomery, and George Patton. Mr. Eisenhower's portraits inevitably cover some ground that is familiar to students of World War II, but they also include fresh insights.
One of the more trying periods of Ike's career came before the war, when he served as chief of staff to Douglas MacArthur, then head of a U.S. military mission to the Philippines. Mr. Eisenhower insists that his father's diary entries in this period exaggerate his differences with MacArthur, but most readers will conclude that the Army did well to keep Eisenhower and MacArthur far apart during World War II. But Mr. Eisenhower has kind words for both men, concluding that "Ike Eisenhower could never have played the role of Emperor of Japan as well as did MacArthur, and MacArthur could never have contended with Churchill and Montgomery, men he did not control, so well as Ike."
Dwight Eisenhower's long friendship with Patton is a matter of record, as is Ike's support for Patton in the wake of embarrassing wartime episodes, including two instances in which Patton abused soldiers whom he viewed as malingerers. But, Mr. Eisenhower points out, Ike's tolerance lasted only as long as Patton's talents seemed essential to winning the war. When, after Germany's surrender, Patton delivered a speech in which he suggested that Nazis were not that much different from America's Democrats and Republicans, Ike sacked him. Mr. Eisenhower was visiting his father at the time and quotes him as saying, "I'm not firing George for what he has done; I'm firing him for what he'll do next."
Ike found Marshall the easiest of his illustrious contemporaries to work with. Although Marshall had wanted to command the invasion of Europe, once Roosevelt settled on Ike as supreme commander, Marshall gave him unstinting support.
Mr. Eisenhower shares his father's respect for Marshall, but has some personal insights. It seems to me that forbidding himself the warmth of wide friendships outside his immediate family made Marshall's a barren life. To the outsider he seemed determined never to be friends with his subordinates. He never made any effort to develop a personal relationship with Ike off duty, no matter their mutual respect professionally.
Ike's most difficult wartime relationship was, of course, that with the prickly Montgomery. Much of the friction grew out of Montgomery's desire to lead a single, deep thrust into Germany as opposed to a broader advance that would make full use of the Allies' advantage in numbers. Mr. Eisenhower's discussion of this issue is one of the strong points of his book, and serves to underscore the great power that Ike, as supreme commander, had over the allocation of scarce resources such as gasoline.
The book abounds in anecdotes, and one of the better ones relates to Montgomery, who was notorious for his refusal to allow smoking or drinking in his presence. When, after his victory at El Alamein, Montgomery chose to entertain a captured German general, von Thoma, at dinner, he was roundly criticized in the British press. Churchill fended off the criticism with the remark, "Alas, poor Thoma. I too have dined with Montgomery."
Mr. Eisenhower addresses - somewhat gingerly - the question of whether his father was a "great general."
He dismisses Mongomery's insistence that a great general must experience battle at all command levels, noting that this criterion would have eliminated men such as Caesar and Robert E. Lee. The author notes, with respect to Ike's strategic grasp, that he had graduated first in his class at the command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth. But Mr. Eisenhower suggests that his father's great gift was his ability to manage strong-willed associates for the common good:
"His relations with . . . Montgomery serve as a case in point. Time and time again, Ike put up with the foibles, discourtesies, and downright arrogance of his official subordinate, while at the same time insisting that his major decisions be carried out."
Much the same might be said of his dealings with Patton.
Mr. Eisenhower was fortunate to have been close to his father at some crucial junctures of World War II. Students of the war are now fortunate that he has committed his recollections to print.
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