Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency

There are a few reasons why Dwight D. Eisenhower won the election of 1952. One reason dealt with the Korean War. The Korean War had bogged down after the first nine months of fighting. Most of the...

President Eisenhower's political philosophy could broadly be described as moderate Republican. In domestic policy, he made no effort to overturn the government programs of the New Deal and Truman's...

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the last president to be born in the nineteenth century. He served in both World Wars, was highly respected for his calm demeanor and leadership abilities, and earned an...

President Eisenhower is very well-known for having warned about the “military-industrial complex” in his Farewell Address.  There, he was expressing the worry that the United States’ economy...

President Eisenhower exacerbated Americans' Cold War fears rather than addressing them. By not challenging McCarthy's anti-Communist witch-hunts and supporting an aggressively anti-Communist foreign...

There are at least three reasons why President Eisenhower was considered a true hero by many Americans. First, he was the American most connected to winning WWII in Europe.  While there,...