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EISENHOWER: The Indispensable Commander

Sixty-four years after his greatest military victory, Gen. Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower remains a popular subject of biography. Two recent studies have portrayed the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, as a quintessential rags-to-riches American hero. Both biographers have awarded Ike high marks for character but have said little about his direct contribution during the climactic battle on the Western Front during World War II.

The Eisenhower who commanded the Allied Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1944 was a far more mature battle captain than the untested commander who led the invasion force that landed in North Africa in November 1942. In the Mediterranean Theater, British ...

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