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Article: General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence.(Book Review)
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- Military Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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GENERAL IKE: A Personal Reminiscence, John S.D. Eisenhower, Free Press, New York, 2003, 267 pages, $16.00.
General Ike. A Personal Reminiscence fills a small, but significant, gap in the literature about General Dwight D. Eisenhower. But, the book is not a definitive discussion of "Ike's" performance as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. John S.D. Eisenhower writes a more endearing, intimate account of a man he knew as "Dad." Having for many years resisted calls to write about his father, Eisenhower was finally moved to do so because of a sense of duty and to correct a growing body of "misleading material." The result is a highly readable ...