How Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time-by a DC policy strategist
security expert and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as
Eisenhower nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little
Rock from the Korean War to Cold War crises from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap
controversies Ike was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying
on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing as well as his
strong character and his personal discipline but he also avoided making himself the center of
things. He was a man of judgment and steadying force. He sought national unity by pursuing a
course he called the Middle Way that tried to make winners on both sides of any issue. Ike was
a strategic not an operational leader who relied on a rigorous pursuit of the facts for
decision-making. His talent for envisioning a whole especially in the context of the long game
and his ability to see causes and various consequences explains his success as Allied
Commander and as President. After making a decision he made himself accountable for it
recognizing that personal responsibility is the bedrock of sound principles.Susan Eisenhower's
How Ike Led shows us not just what a great American did but why-and what we can learn from him
today.
