Publisher's Synopsis
A one-volume biography of the 34th president of the US by the author of the two-volume Eisenhower biography. Published to coincide with the centennial of Eisenhower's birth, this volume takes us through Eisenhower's military career and his leadership as Allied Supreme Commander, his presidency - the first of the Cold War - and his relations with family, friends and such world figures as Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, McCarthy, Nixon, LBJ and others.