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Title: American Legends: The Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Paul Bloede
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-06-15
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
A lot of time has been spent covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
During the middle of the 20th century, the United States completed its transformation into one of the world's superpowers. Few were as instrumental in this development as Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), renowned for being the nation's principal commanding general during World War II and the president who served during the early, tumultuous Cold War years.
A career military man, Ike was too young to serve in combat during World War I. But he began a long and productive career collaborating with future military legends George Patton and Douglas MacArthur while serving some of the nation's other famous generals, including George Marshall and John J. Pershing. Amazingly, he had never served in anything but administrative positions before World War II.
Eisenhower remained mired in middle management positions until George Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, took notice of his skills and began promoting him. By 1942, Eisenhower was given the role of appointed supreme commander allied (expeditionary) force in North Africa. After his success there, Eisenhower oversaw the invasion of Sicily in 1943, which at the time had been the largest amphibious invasion in history.
Members Reviews:
I wished we could reincarnate Âhim!
Gives the reader a good history that is complete of Ikes life! I wished we could reincarnate him and run him for President today! wouldnât be nice to have someone with that much integrity and who would standup for what he believes inas president today!
Small, but very precise!
Very nice book with very precise historic information about his career, especially about the strategies along the Second World War (Day-D).
Covers the Basics
If you want to get a general impression on the lift of Dwight Eisenhower, read this book. If you want a more detailed accounting, o elsewhere.
Didn't Read It All
Like all Charles River Editors condensed bios, this was very informative and complete. Maybe too complete. I read through the complete D-Day beach landings and wondered, "What was the point of that?"
Also. The bio ended at approximately 22% of the allotted space. The remaining 78% is Inaugural Addresses. I haven't read those. So,go ahead and read, but keep these things in mind.
And one other thing. This is an interactive book with videos - that don't happen to be supported by Kindle Fire.
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Title: American Legends: The Life of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Paul Bloede
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-06-15
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
A lot of time has been spent covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.
During the middle of the 20th century, the United States completed its transformation into one of the world's superpowers. Few were as instrumental in this development as Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), renowned for being the nation's principal commanding general during World War II and the president who served during the early, tumultuous Cold War years.
A career military man, Ike was too young to serve in combat during World War I. But he began a long and productive career collaborating with future military legends George Patton and Douglas MacArthur while serving some of the nation's other famous generals, including George Marshall and John J. Pershing. Amazingly, he had never served in anything but administrative positions before World War II.
Eisenhower remained mired in middle management positions until George Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, took notice of his skills and began promoting him. By 1942, Eisenhower was given the role of appointed supreme commander allied (expeditionary) force in North Africa. After his success there, Eisenhower oversaw the invasion of Sicily in 1943, which at the time had been the largest amphibious invasion in history.
Members Reviews:
I wished we could reincarnate Âhim!
Gives the reader a good history that is complete of Ikes life! I wished we could reincarnate him and run him for President today! wouldnât be nice to have someone with that much integrity and who would standup for what he believes inas president today!
Small, but very precise!
Very nice book with very precise historic information about his career, especially about the strategies along the Second World War (Day-D).
Covers the Basics
If you want to get a general impression on the lift of Dwight Eisenhower, read this book. If you want a more detailed accounting, o elsewhere.
Didn't Read It All
Like all Charles River Editors condensed bios, this was very informative and complete. Maybe too complete. I read through the complete D-Day beach landings and wondered, "What was the point of that?"
Also. The bio ended at approximately 22% of the allotted space. The remaining 78% is Inaugural Addresses. I haven't read those. So,go ahead and read, but keep these things in mind.
And one other thing. This is an interactive book with videos - that don't happen to be supported by Kindle Fire.