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$19.95 The Eisenhower Diaries Edited ind introduced by Robert H. Ferrell Since his final presidential speech in 1961 that warned against the conjunc- tion of the military establishment and the arms industry, Eisenhowers image has changed from that of a strictly mil- itary man to one of a man who under- — stood both war and politics who recognized and worked against the dangers of misplaced power. Nowhere is the transformation of Eisenhower from soldier to politician clearer than in his personal diaries which he began in 1935. Hundreds of entries, many of them extremely frank, provide constant commentaries on the general-president as he moves through World War II and on to Washington. The diaries show him to be an inten- sely moral man, not the hypocrite his enemies made him out to be, and they elucidate his procedures with people. As general and as president, he was careful in his appraisals and instantly noted flattery or self-seeking in the in- whom dividuals with he dealt. It is also clear that Eisenhower was a man of great ambition. His drive to the top — was ingrained in his personality but his actions were always in keeping with his midwestern upbringing and his years at West Point. From his di- aries, Eisenhower emerges a compli- — cated man one who foresaw many of the political and military problems that trouble the United States today. Robert Ferrell is the author of man; among them, American . (Continued on back flap) ISBN 0-393-01432-0 yv/% ^/sr/r-r \ SAN JOSE PUBUC LIBRARY (0) Digitized by the Internet Archive 2017 with funding from in China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL) https://archive.org/details/eisenhowerdiarieOOdwig THE EISENHOWER DIARIES I I THE ’ EISENHOWER DIARIES- Dwight D. Eisenhower 973.921 EDITED BY Eisenhow h ROBERT FERRELL H. W' • W' • N O R T O N & C O M P A N V • N E W’ V O R K * 1. 0 N D O N ^ 3 10)3]^ © Copyright 1981 by Robert H. Ferrell Published simultaneously in Canada by George MeLeod Limited, Toronto. J. Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved First Edition Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Eisenhower, Dwight David, Pres. U.S., 1890-1969. The Eisenhower diaries. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Eisenhow'er, Dwight David, Pres. U.S., 1890-1969. — — 2.Presidents United States Biography. 1. Ferrell, H Robert 11 Title. . E836.A3155 1981 973.92i'092'4 [B] 80-27866 ISBN 0-393-01432-0 Book design by Antonina Krass W .\\' Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fith Avenue, New York, N Y. 10110 Norton & Company Ltd. 25 New Street Square, London EC4.\ 3NT 1 : ^ 4 S 6 7 8 9 0 CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Editorial Note ix Introduction xi I The Philippines 3 II W The ar Department in Crisis 37 111 North Africa and Italy 55 \' 1 N'ictorv in Europe 108 \’ Chief of Staff 133 Contents VI Columbia University 148 VII NATO 184 VIII The First Administration 217 IX The Second Administration 338 X Retirement 384 Notes 397 Sources 427 Index 431
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