[PDF] Eisenhowers Six Great Decisions eBook

Author : Walter Bedell Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2016-08-11
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ISBN : 9781537025834

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Eisenhower's Six Great Decisions, first published in 1956, reviews the six crucial turning points in the European war that resulted in the Allies successfully landing in Normandy in June 1944, to the German surrender less than one year later. Author General Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's Chief of Staff, friend, and confidant, describes the 'great decisions' as: (1) The timing of Operation Overlord (The Normandy Landings); (2) how to break out of the Normandy hedgerows; (3) the Ardennes Counteroffensive (Battle of the Bulge); (4) how to destroy or capture all German forces west of the Rhine; (5) how to encircle the industrial heartland of Germany (the Ruhr); and (6) how to end the war in Europe.

Author : General Walter Bedell Smith
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 11,19 MB
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1782892184

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Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff reviews the six turning points of the European war that took the Allies from Normandy to the heart of Germany in only 11 months. War, as in life, turns on decisions taken and opportunities taken; the decisions of General Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied effort in Europe shaped the lives of millions of soldiers and tens of millions of civilians. The strain of these decisions was shared with many of the top allied commanders, but few will have understood Eisenhower’s thought processes than his trusted friend, confidante and chief of staff General Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith. A shrewd and intelligent man in his own right, the “Beetle” would be constantly by Eisenhower’s side as he directed the huge Allied armies against the Wehrmacht across France, Belgium, Holland and finally into Germany itself. He set out to describe the events through the eyes of his friend and superior as they appeared at the time; the six ‘Great Decisions’ that he decided on as the turning points of the conduct of the war were: 1 – The Decision Of The Timing Of Operation Overlord [The Normandy Landings] 2 – How To Break Out Of Normandy Bocage 3 – How To Deal With The Ardennes Counteroffensive [Battle Of The Bulge] 4 – How To Destroy Or Capture All German Forces Against The West Of The Rhine 5 – How To Encircle The Industrial Heartland Of Germany – The Ruhr. 6 – How To End The War. A must read for anyone interested in the Second World War.

Author : Susan Eisenhower
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 11,7 MB
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250238781

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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.

Author : Jean Edward Smith
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 140006693X

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In his magisterial bestseller "FDR," Smith provided a fresh, modern look at one of the most indelible figures in American history. Now this peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's 34th president.

Author : Robert A. Divine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 0195028244

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Argues that Eisenhower was a stronger president than previously believed and was responsible for many important accomplishments in the area of foreign policy and the quest for peace.

Author : John Wukovits
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1403971374

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