{"product_id":"eisenhower-soldier-and-president-9780671747589","title":"Eisenhower: Soldier and President","description":"\u003cb\u003eStephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe gives us a masterly account of the European war theater and Eisenhower's magnificent leadership as Allied Supreme Commander. Ambrose's recounting of Eisenhower's presidency, the first of the Cold War, brings to life a man and a country struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights, atomic weapons, communism, and a new global role. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Ambrose follows the 34th President's relations with the people closest to him, most of all Mamie, his son John, and Kay Summersby, as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Harry Truman, Nixon, Dulles, Khrushchev, Joe McCarthy, and indeed, all the American and world leaders of his time. This superb interpretation of Eisenhower's life confirms Stephen Ambrose's position as one of our finest historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmbrose, Stephen E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers are \u003ci\u003eNothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUndaunted Courage\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e.\"","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556312387858,"sku":"9780671747589","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78676351-be81-4aac-afa2-5d9b8d6f50cf.jpg?v=1731751693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eisenhower-soldier-and-president-9780671747589","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}