The 34th President of The United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Bringing to the Presidency his prestige as commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War. He pursued the moderate policies of "Modern Republicanism" you mentioned when I leave the office, "America is today the strongest, most influential, and most productive nation in the world." He was born in Texas in 1890, raised in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven children. He excelled in sports in High School, and received a scholarship to West Point (Military School). Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916. In his early military career, excelled in staff assignments, serving under the command of General John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger . After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied forces landed in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day in 1944, was Supreme Commander of the troops invadsoras France. After the war, he became President of Columbia University, then obtained a license to assume the supreme command over the new NATO forces which were grouped in 1951. Some Republican emissaries who appeared at his headquarters near Paris persuaded him to run for president in 1952.

"I like Ike" was its irresistible slogan; Eisenhower won in a landslide. It negotiating with military force, tried to reduce the tensions of the Cold War. In 1953, the signing of a truce brought an armed peace along the border of South Korea. The death of Stalin the same year caused rotations in relations with Russia. The new Russian leaders agreed a peace treaty neutralizing Austria. Meanwhile, Russia and the United States had developed hydrogen bombs. With the threat of such destructive force hanging over the world, Eisenhower, with the leaders of the British government, French, and Russians met in Geneva in July 1955. The president proposed that the United States and Russia exchanged the planes of each one of the military and other establishments that "proveyera within our facilities for aerial photography to the other country." The Russians took the proposal in silence, but were so cordial throughout the meetings that tensions decreased. Suddenly, in September 1955, Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in Denver, Colorado. After seven weeks he left the hospital, and in February 1956 doctors reported his recovery. In November he was elected to his second term.

In domestic policy the President pursued a middle course, continuing most of the program of the New Deal and Fair Deal, emphasizing a balanced budget. While the desegregation of schools began, he sent troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to ensure that they comply with the orders of a federal court; He also ordered the desegregation of the armed forces completely. "There should be no second-class citizens in this country," he wrote. Eisenhower concentrated on maintaining world peace. He looked with pleasure the development of his "Atoms for Peace" program - the loan of American uranium "no" peaceful purposes nations. Before he left his post at the office in January 1961 to his farm in Gettysburg, he urged the need to maintain an adequate military force, but warned that extensive, long and continued military expenditures could create potential dangers to our way of life . He ended with a prayer for peace, "in the best of times." Both issues were still temporary and urgent when he died after a long illness, on March 28, 1969.