Eisenhower

Rating:
Summary: Easy Read, Hits Major Events in even-handed way
Review: Yes, there is too much on Kay Summersby. Today, do we really care if they did or they didn't? Well, perhaps the Ken Starr crowd does. I liked the book cause I felt like the guy was objective. No small feat with a recent president. I believe Perret when he says Eisenhower was a great soldier, and a fair to good president.

The book shines when discussing Ike's decision to run for president. I believe Perret when he said it was primarily to stop Taft and MacArthur...for that Americans should be thankful. Ike did a good job on missle defense, again, Americans should be thankful. But Ike trusted people he should not have, especially John Foster Dulles and his brother who led American down a path of interventionism that cost thousands of lives and unnecessarily made America enemy #1 in too many parts of the globe. And Ike lied about it later. I guess no one is a saint. For this very human account, I recommend it.