"New Duties, New Faces"
Memoir
By: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Date: 1963
Source: Eisenhower, Dwight D. "New Duties, New Faces" in Mandate for Change, 1953–1956. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.
About the Author: Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) was born in Denison, Texas, and graduated from the Military Academy at West Point in 1915. During World War I, he received the Distinguished Service Medal and in World War II rose to five-star general in command of all U.S. troops in Europe. In 1948, he retired from the Army to become president of Columbia University. From 1953 to 1961, he was president of the United States.
Introduction
A thirty-seven-year veteran, Dwight D. Eisenhower was accustomed to the U.S. Army's clear hierarchy and chain of command. As president, he wanted to impose this structure on the federal government. He found, however, that the federal agencies that...
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