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Title: Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life by Carlo D'Este, Carlo d Este ISBN: 0-8050-5686-6 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Soldier's Life
Comment: I have never found Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the interesting of a leader. True, he was Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, and a two term president of the United States, but he often seemed a little dull. I thought this until I read Carlo D'Este's book Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life. In this book, Eisenhower is presented as a very ambitious and far seeing soldier who did much to shape the army that brought America to victory in the Second World War. He missed World War One, butt during it, and especially between the wars, he was an important part of the army staff, and through it made many contacts that would serve him well as Supreme Allied Commander. These include George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Mark Clark, George Patton, Hap Arnold, and Omar Bradley. All of these men did much to further Eisenhower's career, and he did the same for many of them. While this book does not portray General Eisenhower in a negative light, his mythical status is stripped away, and a much more human, and much more fascinating, Eisenhower emerges. This is a great book about a great man and a must for any fan of Ike or World War Two.
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything You Wanted To Know About Ike
Comment: Carlo D'este has followed up his work on General Patton with a biography of General Eisenhower which cover his life through World War II. The book is 705 pages long not counting the notes, and will take some time to pioneer your way through. I found the book to be interesting, but have to admit I was glad when I finally finished it. You will learn a great deal about Eisenhower the young boy and his competitive attitude which contributed to his qualities of leadership. The responsibilities he had thrust upon him throughout his military life brought on an addictive smoking habit that would later lead to health problems. Juggling the egos of George Patton, Omar Bradley, Bernard Montgomery, and others proved to be a challenge and strain on Eisenhower as he directed the allied forces through Europe. Patience and restraint were often needed when it may have been helpful for Eisenhower to vent his frustrations. Ike's relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby, is dealt with in some detail. They were very good friends, but there is no evidence of a consummated romantic relationship. I'm not going to rehash the book in this review. Suffice it to say if you want to learn about America's man in command of World War II this book will provide you with ample information of both Eisenhower the man and the soldier.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fair and Balanced Look at Ike
Comment: Dwight Eisenhower's life has been so thoroughly written about and re-written that another biography seems laughable. Nevertheless, Carlo D'Este deserves credit for this highly readable description and analysis of Ike's career through the end of WWII. D'Este highlights Eisenhower's strengths but also his weaknesses, some of which are in the eye of the beholder (the debate over the "Broad Front" strategy in late 1944-45 will likely never be settled).
Some Eisenhower worshippers may be offended by D'Este's detailing of Ike's faults (both as D'Este defines them and Ike's troublesome British and American contemporaries). However, he always comes back to the one ultimate, essential point: who else could have led the coalition better?
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Title: Patton : Genius for War, A by Carlo D'Este ISBN: 0060927623 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 06 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Decision in Normandy by Carlo D'Este ISBN: 1568522606 Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.98 |
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Title: EISENHOWER by Stephen E. Ambrose ISBN: 0671747584 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 by William Manchester ISBN: 0440304245 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Patton by Martin Blumenson ISBN: 0688137954 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 29 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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