Month: July 2020

Eisenhower’s Cold War strategy is tested by crises around the world

Few people today can recall the major events or accomplishments of Eisenhower’s presidency. To many, he is a mere transitional figure, the president who served during the stale and cookie cutter 1950s, between years of war under FDR and Truman and social upheaval under Kennedy and Johnson. But Eisenhower was no mere interlude. Like Truman,… Continue reading 21: On the Edge of Armageddon Part I (Dwight D. Eisenhower)